THOMAS A. EDISON - The Life-Story of a Great American E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Edizioni Savine
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

The American Way - The childhood of a 'self-made man' — How a newspaper is founded without money and without collaborators - Apprenticed to Magic - How electricity is transformed into money - Science and Business - Edison the Napoleon of Modern Times - The Fairyland of Menlo Park - Edison at Work and Edison at Play - Distance is Abolished - Edison starts upon the Conquest of the Old World of Europe - Recording the Voice - Is it a Ventriloquist? - Glory and Harmony imprisoned in a Cylinder - Let there be Light ! And there was Light! And this Light emanated from America - Recording the Gesture - In Full Fairyland - A few other Marvels, Small and Great - Llewelyn Park at Orange, New Jersey - The Recipe for Genius and Success.

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THOMAS A. EDISON

The Life-Story of a Great American

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THOMAS A. EDISON

The Life-Story of a Great American

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CONTENTS

Thomas A. Edison

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CHAPTER I

The American Way - The childhood of a 'self-made man' — How a newspaper is founded without money and without collaborators

CHAPTER II

Apprenticed to Magic - How electricity is transformed into money - Science and Business

CHAPTER III

Edison the Napoleon of Modern Times - The Fairyland of Menlo Park - Edison at Work and Edison at Play

CHAPTER IV

Distance is Abolished - Edison starts upon the Conquest of the Old World of Europe

CHAPTER V

Recording the Voice - Is it a Ventriloquist? - Glory and Harmony imprisoned in a Cylinder

CHAPTER VI

Let there be Light ! And there was Light! And this Light emanated from America

CHAPTER VII

Recording the Gesture - In Full Fairyland - A few other Marvels, Small and Great

CHAPTER VIII

Mr Edison does not receive — But he will receive us - Llewelyn Park at Orange, New Jersey - The Recipe for Genius and Success