Podcasts by Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
One of the most prolific and multi-talented geniuses the world has ever seen, Thomas Alva Edison's life is indeed an inspiration for each new generation. Today we live in a world that would not have been possible if not for several of his important inventions – the electric light bulb, the motion picture camera, electric power distribution, the phonograph, and a host of other things that we take for granted today. In fact, he still holds the world record for the maximum number of patents, numbering 1093 in all!
Edison – His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin, published in 1910 was in fact a biography commissioned by Edison himself. Dyer was a patent attorney who worked for Edison, while Commerford was a technical magazine editor who published many of Edison's papers. There is consequently a great deal of focus on the technical aspects of his inventions and not so much on his personality and nature. However, as a chronological account of his life, the biography does full justice to its title.
This brilliant scientist, businessman and inventor had in fact, practically no formal education. He actually went to school only for three months in his life. His mother provided support and motivation for the hearing-impaired child, who taught himself to read and discovered his love for science by reading books like Parker's The School of Natural Philosophy, etc.
A notable feature of the book is that it was written in Edison's own lifetime and hence captures the feel of being very contemporary. There are many anecdotes and stories which the great man himself has contributed or has directly conveyed to the authors, hence the flavor is very authentic and realistic and conveys the excitement and thrill of the life and times of this master inventor.
A great inspiration for all ages!
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Listen08 – Automatic, Duplex, and Quadruplex Telegraphy from 2021-12-25T00:00
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Listen09 – The Telephone, Motograph, and Microphone from 2021-12-24T00:00
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Listen11 – The Invention Of The Incandescent Lamp from 2021-12-22T00:00
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Listen13 – A World Hunt for Filament Material from 2021-12-20T00:00
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Listen15 – Introduction Of The Edison Electric Light from 2021-12-18T00:00
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Listen16 – The First Edison Central Station from 2021-12-17T00:00
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Listen17 – Other Early Stations — the Meter from 2021-12-16T00:00
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Listen22 – The Development Of The Edison Storage Battery from 2021-12-11T00:00
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Listen25 – The Laboratory At Orange And The Staff from 2021-12-08T00:00
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Listen26 – Edison In Commerce And Manufacture from 2021-12-07T00:00
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Listen27 – Value of Edison’s Inventions to the World from 2021-12-06T00:00
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Listen32 – Appendix II. The Quadruplex And Phonoplex from 2021-12-01T00:00
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Listen33 – Appendix III. Automatic Telegraphy from 2021-11-30T00:00
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Listen34 – Appendix IV. Wireless Telegraphy from 2021-11-29T00:00
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Listen35 – Appendix V. The Electromotograph from 2021-11-28T00:00
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Listen37 – Appendix VII. Edison’s Tasimeter from 2021-11-26T00:00
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Listen38 – Appendix VIII. The Edison Phonograph from 2021-11-25T00:00
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Listen39 – Appendix IX. The Incandescent Lamp from 2021-11-24T00:00
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Listen40 – Appendix X. Edison’s Dynamo Work from 2021-11-23T00:00
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Listen41 – Appendix XI. The Edison Feeder System from 2021-11-22T00:00
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Listen42 – Appendix XII. The Three Wire System from 2021-11-21T00:00
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Listen43 – Appendix XIII. Edison’s Electric Railway from 2021-11-20T00:00
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Listen45 – Appendix XV. Kinetograph And Projecting Kinetoscope from 2021-11-18T00:00
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Listen46 – Appendix XVI. Edison’s Ore-Milling Inventions from 2021-11-17T00:00
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Listen47 – Appendix XVII. The Long Cement Kiln from 2021-11-16T00:00
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Listen48 – Appendix XVIII. Edison’s New Storage Battery from 2021-11-15T00:00
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Listen50 – Appendix: List Of United States Patents, part 1 from 2021-11-13T00:00
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Listen51 – Appendix: List Of United States Patents, part 2 from 2021-11-12T00:00
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Listen49 – Appendix XIX. Edison’s Poured Cement House from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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