Edison as I Know HimCosmopolitan book corporation, 1930 - 122 pages |
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Page 26
... commercial , as the magneto telephone receiver of the time was too weak to be used as a transmitter commercially . " It was the same with the phonograph . The great defect of that instrument was in the render- ing of the overtones in ...
... commercial , as the magneto telephone receiver of the time was too weak to be used as a transmitter commercially . " It was the same with the phonograph . The great defect of that instrument was in the render- ing of the overtones in ...
Page 38
... commercial . The alignment of the letters was awful . One letter would be one - sixteenth of an inch above the others ; and all the letters wanted to wander out of line . I worked on it till the machine gave fair results . Some were ...
... commercial . The alignment of the letters was awful . One letter would be one - sixteenth of an inch above the others ; and all the letters wanted to wander out of line . I worked on it till the machine gave fair results . Some were ...
Page 43
... commercial basis with gas . The lamp must be durable , capa- ble of being easily and safely handled by the public , and one that would remain capable of burning at full incandescence and candle power a great length of time . " Third ...
... commercial basis with gas . The lamp must be durable , capa- ble of being easily and safely handled by the public , and one that would remain capable of burning at full incandescence and candle power a great length of time . " Third ...
Contents
MEETING EDISON | 1 |
A BOYHOOD IDEAL | 13 |
OUR DEBT TO EDISON | 29 |
Copyright | |
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