Friedel, Robert D.  1950- <br/><br/>
Edison's electric light :  the art of invention / 
Robert Friedel and Paul Israel with Bernard S. Finn. 
 - [Johns Hopkins ed.]. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2010. 
 - x, 233 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
 - Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology .
 - Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology. .
<br/><br/> Revised edition of Edison's electric light / Robert Friedel & Paul Israel with Bernard S. Finn. 1986. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. "A Big Bonanza" -- 2. "The Throes of Invention" -- The Search for a Vacuum -- 3. "Some Difficult Requirements" -- Carbon and the Incandescent Lamp -- 4. The Triumph of Carbon -- Who Invented the Incandescent Lamp? -- 5. Business and Science -- The Menlo Park Mystique -- 6. A System Complete -- 7. Promises Fulfilled. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801894824 0801894824 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009043631 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB084838  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931. <br/>Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931. <br/>Edison, Thomas A., 1847-1931. <br/>Edison, Thomas Alva.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Incandescent lamps--History.<br/>Inventors--United States--Biography.<br/>Incandescent lamps.<br/>Inventors.<br/>Erfindung.<br/>Elektrisches Licht--Geschichte.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biography.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK4351  / .F75 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.3092  B