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CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
• I. THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY . . . . . . . . . . . .1
• II. EDISON'S PEDIGREE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
• III. BOYHOOD AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN. . . . . . 23
• IV. THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR . . . . . . . .48
• V. ARDUOUS YEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST. . . . . . 65
• VI. WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON . . . . . . . .98
• VII. THE STOCK TICKER . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
• VIII. AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX
  TELEGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
• IX. THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE . 170
• X. THE PHONOGRAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
• XI. THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP . . 234
• XII. MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK . . . . . . . . . .267
• XIII. A WORLD-HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL . . . 299
• XIV. INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING. .318
• XV. INTRODUCTION OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT. 347
• XVI. THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION . . . . .384
• XVII. OTHER EARLY STATIONS—THE METER. . . . . 417
• XVIII. THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY . . . . . . . . . .448