Resources on Edison’s Life
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Thomas Edison’s life was previously described in Thomas Edison – The Years to Age 40, The Years After Age 40 and Lessons Learned from Edison’s Life.
This page consists of books and Web sites that are resources on Edison. (If you have some suggested additions to this list, please let me know about them.)
Books
The following books are good resources for further study of Thomas Edison. You can purchase these books from your local bookstore or order them from Amazon.com.
Web pages
The following Web sites have good material on Thomas Edison.
Thomas Edison Web Site – Biography and other information
Inventing Entertainment – Library of Congress information on Edison
Thomas Alva Edison Facts – Information on life and inventions from Great Idea Finders site
Edisonian Museum – Pictures of early Edison lightbulbs
Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum – Gives short history and lists inventions
Edison National Historic Site – Provides information about the National Park Service’s Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey, home of Edison’s research and development laboratory
Thomas Edison and the Menlo Park Laboratory – Information on laboratory where Edison did much of his work
Thomas A. Edison Papers – Rutgers University research site with database of Edison’s papers and materials
Edison’s Patents – History and listing of Edison’s 1093 patents from Rutgers Unversity
Tesla and Westinghouse pages
Edison’s career was also affected by both Tesla and Westinghouse.
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