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Publisher:
National Geographic
Pub. Date:
[2014]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Traces the life of Thomas Edison, one of the most influential inventors in American history, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the many inventions for which he is best known.
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Publisher:
Random House
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history--and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul's client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light...
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Publisher:
DK Publishing
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
Description:
"When the hands on their watches start to spin backward, the Timekeepers know that DeLay has been up to no good, and it's up to them to put things right...In this installment, the Timekeepers travel back to 1890s New York City and the laboratory of Nikola Tesla. On the eve before Tesla is set to reveal his latest invention, the X-Ray Machine, the time pirate DeLay, disguised as Tesla's rival Thomas Edison, steals the machine. The Timekeepers begin...
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Publisher:
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"It's time to hit the road! After years of inventing things that other people needed, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford realize there is somthing they need-- a vacation! So, the famous inventors pack up Ford's Model T and invite their good friends Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs to come along. 'The Four Vagabonds' take to America's back roads to enjy the country's natural wonders, fireside chats, frolicking fun--and even a few new inventions. What...
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Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
"A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"--
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
"The year is 1888 and Louis Le Prince is finally testing his 'taker' or 'receiver' device for his family on their front lawn. The device is meant to capture ten to twelve images per second on film, creating a reproduction of reality that can be replayed as many times as desired ... In 1890, Le Prince was granted patents in four countries ahead of other inventors who were rushing to accomplish the same task. But just weeks before unveiling his invention...
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Publisher:
Abrams Press
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's "Detroit of the South" would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy, and free of air pollution. And it would reshape American...
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Publisher:
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date:
[2003]
Language:
English
Description:
A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, one of the world's greatest inventors, compiled an unprecedented 1,093 patents during his eighty-four-year lifetime. Through hard work and perseverance, he spurred the growth of three industries: He blazed the trail for commercial electric power, transformed the entertainment industry through the creation of motion pictures, and...
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