So encrusted with folklore has Edison's invention of the electric light become that we may be hard-pressed to recognize its significance. This account, unlike others, focuses on the invention rather than the inventor to remind us how extraordinary an achievement it was. Friedel and his colleagues draw chiefly on notes, calculations, and sketches from Edison's laboratory notebooks as well as other contemporary records to re-create the process of invention. Eminently readable and meticulously researched, this illustrated ...
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So encrusted with folklore has Edison's invention of the electric light become that we may be hard-pressed to recognize its significance. This account, unlike others, focuses on the invention rather than the inventor to remind us how extraordinary an achievement it was. Friedel and his colleagues draw chiefly on notes, calculations, and sketches from Edison's laboratory notebooks as well as other contemporary records to re-create the process of invention. Eminently readable and meticulously researched, this illustrated volume is a scholarly work of high order. It belongs in every research collection and in most general collections as well.
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Very Good. Very Good-Dust Jacket. Very good hardcover in very-good dust jacket. NOT ex-library. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards, text also very good. Light shelf wear and a couple small tears to dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book it is not available for expedited delivery; international shipping may cost extra.
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VG- Not ex-lib. Softcover in olive wraps with tinted photo of Edison across front, small 4to. xvi + 263ppp. Index, endnotes, bibliographical note, illustrations throughout. VG-. Light abrasion along edges and hinges of wraps, stronger at tips of corners and upper spine end; central wraps clean. Binding strong and square. Bump with associated rolling creases below mid upper edges throughout into upper margins, away from clean, unmarekd text.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0813511186. Numerous illustrations accompany this scholarly, yet readable, account of Edison's most famous invention. Contains an index, notes and bibliography. Size is a small quarto 8" x 10". Previous owner name on end paper, else a nice clean, tight and unmarked book.; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11"-13" tall; 263 pages.
