The papers of Thomas A. Edison. Volume 1, The making of an inventor, February 1847-June 1874

The papers of Thomas A. Edison Volume 1, The making of an inventor, February 1847-June 1874 Volume 1, The making of an inventor, February 1847-June 1874 /

Winner of the Association of American Publishers's Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, Architecture and Urban Planning AwardThe Making of an Inventor, volume 1 of the monumental The Papers of Thomas A. Edison, takes us through Edison's life from early childhood to age twen...

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Other Authors: Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931, author (author), Jenkins, Reese, editor (editor), Reich, Leonard S., editor, Israel, Paul, editor, Appel, Toby A., 1945-, editor, Butrica, Andrew J., editor, Rosenberg, Robert A., editor, Nier, Keith A., editor, Andrews, Melodie, editor, Jeffrey, Thomas Edward editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press 1989
[1989]
Subjects:
Edison, Thomas A. > (Thomas Alva), > 1847-1931.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
History of engineering & technology
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421990106719
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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