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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524889003321

Autore

Edison Thomas A (Thomas Alva), <1847-1931, >

Titolo

The papers of Thomas A. Edison . Volume 1 . The making of an inventor, February 1847-June 1874 / / editors, Reese V. Jenkins, Leonard S. Reich, Paul B. Israel, Toby Appel, Andrew J. Butrica, Robert A. Rosenberg, Keith A. Nier, Melodie Andrews, Thomas E. Jeffrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [1989]

©1989

ISBN

1-4214-4222-1

1-4214-1290-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (777 p.)

Soggetti

Inventors - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Calendar of Documents; Preface; Introduction; Chronology of Thomas A. Edison, 1847-1873; Thomas A. Edison and His Papers; Editorial Policy; Editorial Symbols; List of Abbreviations; 1 Edison's Boyhood and Itinerant Years: February 1847-March 1868 (Docs. 1-26); 2 The Nascent Inventor: March-December 1868 (Docs. 27-50); 3 From Operator to Inventor-Entrepreneur: January-June 1869 (Docs. 51-69); 4 Establishing Connections in New York: July-December 1869 (Docs. 70-88); 5 New Alliances: January-June 1870 (Docs. 89-101)

6 Expansion and Diversification: July-December 1870 (Docs. 102-135)7 New Resources: January-June 1871 (Docs. 135A-274); 8 Innumerable Machines in the Mind: July-December 1871 (Docs. 175-214); 9 An Inventive Flurry: January-June 1872 (Docs. 215-263); 10 The Ascendancy of Manufacturing: July-December 1872 (Docs. 264-279); 11 Multiple Efforts: January-April 1873 (Docs. 280-317); 12 The English Venture: May-June 1873 (Docs. 318-340); Appendix 1. Edison's Autobiographical Notes; Appendix 2. Bibliographic Essay: Edison's Boyhood and Itinerant Years; Appendix 3. The American Patent System

Appendix 4. Edison's U.S. Patents, 1868-1873 -- Bibliography; Credits; Index