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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
as inventors go...,
By DRYWASHER-BILL (LAS VEGAS, NEVADA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Edison's Electric Light (Hardcover)
Perhaps more detail has been written about Tesla, than his arch rival, Thomas Edison. The former was in the real sense, an inventor, while Edison, for all intent, was a tinkerer; that is, he took objects and concepts and made them better or workable. Sure, we have all heard about the Phonograph, and the Electric light bulb that Edison made workable, but most accounts summarize his dealings rather than scrutinize them. The Authors of this book, wrote a highly detailed scholarly account of the 'inventor' Edison, in a way few other authors have ever accomplished. As for the Tesla/Edision rivalry, I think it fortunate that Tesla won over the world with A/C electric Current rather than Edison's D/C; makes for less electrocutions in the home. Perhaps, fate was that all these inventors and tinkerers were at bat together, but I sometimes wonder what would have happened had they been spread out a little so that more detailed notes could have been made of their work and contribution. |
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Edison's Electric Light by Robert D. Friedel (Paperback - May 1, 1987)
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