CHAPTER1 Fourteen Hours Timeline CHAPTER 2 Out of the Dark 30 a 56 CHAPTER 3 Power to the People HT N CHAPTER 4 The Fight for Light S CHAPTER 5 Electric Lights Spread J CHAPTER 6 The Meaning of Light CHAPTER7 Lighting the Way P CHAPTER 8 Electric Light Today O 68 78 88 ESSENTIAL FACTS 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 112
CHAPTER 1 FOURTEEN HOURS LI ix weeks In September 1878 Thomas Edison told the group of newspaper reporters who came to his Menlo Park New Jersey laboratory he needed six weeks In that time he would invent a reliable light bulb Not only that he would also create a power system that would make the light bulb usable Edison was already a famous and respected inventor when he made his declaration to the press Among other things he had invented the phonograph and improved the stock ticker Even with his proven record as an inventor Edison's goal for the light bulb was huge
NV Thomas Edison in 1878 The phonograph was one of the many inventions he would I create or perfect during his
