Secondary Sources
Works Cited Secondary Sources
Adkins, Jan. Thomas Edison. New York New York: DK, 2009. Print. Easy to understand, and I thought it was a great read. It gave me more in depth personality traits and was very interesting. I really enjoyed this book.
Baldwin, Neil. Edison Inventing the Century. New York, New York: Hyperion, 1995. Print. This book was very advanced and hard to read. Although it was hard we found some great information to use and put in to our website. It also had more facts and details about his past and background.
"Edison's Light Bulb." The Frankiln Institude. Franklin Institude, 2013. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. <http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/edison-lightbulb/edison-lightbulb.php?cts=electricity>. This website was great for the light bulb. It explained the process of how Edison made it and how many tries it took. I found it very intriguing and helpful.
"The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph." Edison Flim and Sound: The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph. Government, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edcyldr.html>. This article was very interesting and it had a lot of great information on the making and improving of the phonograph. It was informational and is just what we need on the phonograph.
Josephson, Matthew. Edison a Biography. New York, New York: McGraw, 1992. Print. One of my group mates read this and he said it was a challenging book. We got some great facts and this one really helped us out on Edison's working habits and strategies. We also got information on his labs and notes he took.
"The Life of Thomas A. Edison." Edison: The Life of Thomas Edison. Government, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edbio.html>. This website was fantastic. It gave us great information on the inventions Edison made and improved. Also the section on the telegraph and the light bulb was very good and helpful.
"Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)." Our Doucuments. Government, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=46>. I found this very interesting. The website showed us the patent for Thomas Edison's light bulb. Also below the document it had good information about his patents and some on his inventions.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. "Storage Battery." Rutgers The Edison Papers. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, n.d. Web. 11
Apr. 2013. <http://www.rutgers.edu/>. This website really helped us out on the batteries that Edison made. It had great information and was easy to understand.
Adkins, Jan. Thomas Edison. New York New York: DK, 2009. Print. Easy to understand, and I thought it was a great read. It gave me more in depth personality traits and was very interesting. I really enjoyed this book.
Baldwin, Neil. Edison Inventing the Century. New York, New York: Hyperion, 1995. Print. This book was very advanced and hard to read. Although it was hard we found some great information to use and put in to our website. It also had more facts and details about his past and background.
"Edison's Light Bulb." The Frankiln Institude. Franklin Institude, 2013. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. <http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/edison-lightbulb/edison-lightbulb.php?cts=electricity>. This website was great for the light bulb. It explained the process of how Edison made it and how many tries it took. I found it very intriguing and helpful.
"The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph." Edison Flim and Sound: The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph. Government, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edcyldr.html>. This article was very interesting and it had a lot of great information on the making and improving of the phonograph. It was informational and is just what we need on the phonograph.
Josephson, Matthew. Edison a Biography. New York, New York: McGraw, 1992. Print. One of my group mates read this and he said it was a challenging book. We got some great facts and this one really helped us out on Edison's working habits and strategies. We also got information on his labs and notes he took.
"The Life of Thomas A. Edison." Edison: The Life of Thomas Edison. Government, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edbio.html>. This website was fantastic. It gave us great information on the inventions Edison made and improved. Also the section on the telegraph and the light bulb was very good and helpful.
"Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)." Our Doucuments. Government, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=46>. I found this very interesting. The website showed us the patent for Thomas Edison's light bulb. Also below the document it had good information about his patents and some on his inventions.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. "Storage Battery." Rutgers The Edison Papers. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, n.d. Web. 11
Apr. 2013. <http://www.rutgers.edu/>. This website really helped us out on the batteries that Edison made. It had great information and was easy to understand.
Primary Sources
Works Cited Primary Sources
"The
Diary of Thomas Alva Edison." The Diary
of Thomas Edison. Air watch, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2013.
< http://ariwatch.com/VS/TheDiaryOfThomasEdison.htm>. This was a very
different thing I read so far in this competition. It was the diary of Thomas
Edison, and it let me walk in his shows for a couple of days. It helped us
little, but was a good experience.
Discovering
History: 20th-Century Biographies: Scientists and Inventors.
Discovery Education. Discovery
Communications, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.
<http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=Thomas+Edison+motion+picture>.
I cut a little video segment of a clip that was about a half hour long. The
segment I cut was one of Thomas Edison's motion pictures. This help prove the
point of his innovated skills and his brilliant mind.
Edison,
Thomas Alva. "The Perfect Phonograph." North American Review 1878-1898: n. page.
Print. Was a great article on the phonograph and was written by Edison himself.
It was great to have the perspective on him and his thoughts on the
phonograph.
-
- -. "The Phonograph and Its Future." North American Review: n. page. Print.
This article was straight out of a North American Review. This was a very
interesting article and is a great primary source. I was very happy to find this
article and with this article I found a number of other primary
resources.
-
- -. "The Success of the Electric Light." North American Review: n. page. Print.
This was a great article that Edison write himself. This was about the success
and the improving of the electric light. This helped me learn more on the
subject of the electrical light.
Reichenbach,
Karl Ludwig. "Etheric Force. Mr. Edison's Discovery of a Supposed New Natural
Force." New York Herald 1878-1898:
n. pag. Print. This article from the New York Herald help me understand a little
more on the background of Mr. Edison. I also drew a great quote from it, "....a
manner that bespeaks his utmost devotion to his business."
Tate,
Alfred O. "A Portrait of Thomas Edison." Eye Witness to History. Ibis
Communications, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.
< http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/edison.htm>. This was a very
interesting page one Thomas Edison. This was told in the eyes of his secretary
Alfred O. Tate. It helped me understand who Thomas Edison was and the way he
was.
"The
Diary of Thomas Alva Edison." The Diary
of Thomas Edison. Air watch, n.d. Web. 7 Feb. 2013.
< http://ariwatch.com/VS/TheDiaryOfThomasEdison.htm>. This was a very
different thing I read so far in this competition. It was the diary of Thomas
Edison, and it let me walk in his shows for a couple of days. It helped us
little, but was a good experience.
Discovering
History: 20th-Century Biographies: Scientists and Inventors.
Discovery Education. Discovery
Communications, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.
<http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=Thomas+Edison+motion+picture>.
I cut a little video segment of a clip that was about a half hour long. The
segment I cut was one of Thomas Edison's motion pictures. This help prove the
point of his innovated skills and his brilliant mind.
Edison,
Thomas Alva. "The Perfect Phonograph." North American Review 1878-1898: n. page.
Print. Was a great article on the phonograph and was written by Edison himself.
It was great to have the perspective on him and his thoughts on the
phonograph.
-
- -. "The Phonograph and Its Future." North American Review: n. page. Print.
This article was straight out of a North American Review. This was a very
interesting article and is a great primary source. I was very happy to find this
article and with this article I found a number of other primary
resources.
-
- -. "The Success of the Electric Light." North American Review: n. page. Print.
This was a great article that Edison write himself. This was about the success
and the improving of the electric light. This helped me learn more on the
subject of the electrical light.
Reichenbach,
Karl Ludwig. "Etheric Force. Mr. Edison's Discovery of a Supposed New Natural
Force." New York Herald 1878-1898:
n. pag. Print. This article from the New York Herald help me understand a little
more on the background of Mr. Edison. I also drew a great quote from it, "....a
manner that bespeaks his utmost devotion to his business."
Tate,
Alfred O. "A Portrait of Thomas Edison." Eye Witness to History. Ibis
Communications, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2013.
< http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/edison.htm>. This was a very
interesting page one Thomas Edison. This was told in the eyes of his secretary
Alfred O. Tate. It helped me understand who Thomas Edison was and the way he
was.