Annotated Bibliography Thomas Edison
Annotated Bibliography Thomas Edison
Annotated Bibliography Thomas Edison
PrimarySources
"Film,VideoTheVoiceoftheViolin/."
TheVoiceoftheViolin/
.N.p.,1915.Web.1Dec.2015.
ThisisafilmcreatedusingtheMotionPictureCamera.ThisMotionPictureCamera
impactedtheentertainmentWorld.
"HenryFord."
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TheLibraryofCongress
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PictureofNikolaTeslawasusedthisinthefriends/enemiespage.
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mits=>
ThisisanewspaperarticlewaspublishedtheyearThomasEdisonsdied.Iuseditto
showthatEdisonslegacy.
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PictureisofThomasEdisonwasusedonmywebsite.
APortraitofCharlesCros.Digitalimage.
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AportraitofCharlesCros,inventorofthepaleophone.Hewasthepredecessorforthe
phonographinventedbyThomasEdison.
APortraitofJosephSwan,aBritishinventor(18281914).Digitalimage.CommercialLamps.
Co,UK,n.d.Web.6Dec.2015.
PortraitofJosephSwan,aBritishinventorwhoinventedthelightbulbThomasEdison
improvedupon.HislightbulbisthepredecessorofEdisonslightbulb.
E
disonKinetoscopicRecordofaSneeze,December7,1894
.DavidShepard,1971
Thissourceisavideothatincludesasneezingguy.ItwasmadeusingoneofThomas
Edisonsfamousinventionkinetographic
camera
.
Thissourcehelpedmeunderstand
moreaboutthisinventionbyseeinghowthefilmcomesoutwhenyouuseit.
Edison,ThomasA.ElectricLamp.Patent223898.27Jan.1880.Print.
Patentofanelectriclamp(lightbulb)wasusedinmywebsiteontheinventionpage.
Edison,ThomasA.ElectricVoteRecorder.ThomasAEdison,assignee.PatentUS90646.22
June1869.Print.
Thispatentofelectricvoterecordermakesvotingeasierforeveryone.Iusedthisinmy
websiteontheinventionpage.
Edison,ThomasA.Phonograph.Patent227679.18May1880.Print.
Thispatentofthephonographwasincludedontheinventionpage.
Edison,ThomasA.StencilPen.PatentUs196747.6Nov.1877.Print.
Thispatentofthestencilpen/electricpenwasusedontheinventionpage.
Edison,ThomasA.TA.EdisonTelegraph.PatentUs91527.22June1869.Print.
ThisPatentisofthemoreadvancedtelegraph.Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinvention
page.
Edison,ThomasA.
TheDiaryofThomasA.Edison
.OldGreenwich,CT:ChathamDistributed
byViking,1971.Web.7Dec.2015.
ThisbookisadiarythatwaskeptbyThomasEdisonduringoneofhisvacationduring
thesummerof1885.Itiscompletelyunscientific,however,itdoeshavesmallnoteson
peoplewhoheworkwithinhisexperimentandwhohehadhired.
Edison,ThomasA.
ThomasAlvaEdison,18471931
.N.d.LibraryofCongress,Washington
D.C.
LibraryofCongress
.Web.27Dec.2015.
<http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004676430/>.
Thisimageisrelevanttothisprojectbecauseitshowsthegreatinventor,ThomasEdison,
seatedwithhisfirsttypewritingmachinewhichshowsoneofhisgreatinventionswhich
advancedsocietyandtechnology.
Edison,ThomasA.,andCharlesBachelor.ElectricSignallingInstrument.PatentUS169972.16
Nov.1875.Print.
Patentoftelegraphwasusedontheinventionpage.
NancyElliott.PicturestakenbymecourtesyofNationalParkService
IusedthesepicturestakeninhislabinEdisontoenrichmywebsite..
SecondarySource
"AC/DC:TheTeslaEdisonFeud."
MentalFloss
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ThissitediscussedThomasEdison'sfeudwithNikolaTesla.Iusedthisinmy
encounterspage.
"FordandEdison'sExcellentCampingAdventures."
History.com
.A&ETelevisionNetworks,
n.d.Web.01Jan.2016.
<http://www.history.com/news/fordandedisonsexcellentcamping
adventures>.
ThiswebsitehighlightedtherelationshipbetweenEdison'sandHeneryFord.Iusedthis
onmyencounterspage.
"LemelsonMITProgram."
ThomasEdison
.N.p.,n.d.Web.01Jan.2016.
<http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/thomasedison>.
ThiswebsiteprovidedinformationaboutEdison'slifeandencounters.Iusedthistobetter
understandEdison.
"TheInventionsofThomasEdison."
TheInventionsofThomasEdison
.About.com,n.d.Web.7
Dec.2015.<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm>.
ThiswebsitewasveryhelpfulbecauseitshowedEdisonsinventions.
Iuseditformywebsiteandshowhowmanydevicesheinventedandhowmuchworkhe
putintodoeverything.
"ThomasA.EdisonQuotes."
BrainyQuote
.Xplore,n.d.Web.1Dec.2015.
<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_a_edison.html>.
Iuseaquoteonmyhomepage.
"ThomasEdisonHomePage."
ThomasEdisonHomePage
.GeraldBeals,1998.Web.09Dec.
2015.
ThisincludesanarticleaboutEdisonsmanyachievementstooursociety.Italso
includedmanyinformationalquotesandagallery.Thegalleryincludesseveralpictures
ofhiminhischildhood,oneofthemwhichweusedonmywebsite.
"ThomasEdisonTimeline."
ThomasEdisonTimeline
.N.p.,n.d.Web.07Nov.2015.
<http://www.softschools.com/timelines/thomas_edison_timeline/24/>.
IusedthistomakeatimelineofEdisonslife.
"ThomasEdison'sBiography::EdisonInvents!::SmithsonianLemelsonCenter."
Thomas
Edison'sBiography::EdisonInvents!::SmithsonianLemelsonCenter
.N.p.,n.d.Web.
12Oct.
2015.<http://invention.si.edu/thomasedisonsinventivelife>
Thissourcewasveryusefulinamanyways.ThiswebsiteincludedThomasEdison
growingup,hisinventions,hisexchanges,himservingthenation,andmuchmore.It
eventalkedaboutEdison'sfailureofoneofhisinventions
"WhyEdisonIsRelevantToday?"
EdisonInnovationFoundation
.CharlesEdison,n.d.Web.23
Dec.2015.
ThissourceprovidedmewithinformationaboutEdisonsimpactonourworldtoday.It
alsotoldmeabouttheEdisonInnovationFoundationthatwasfoundedbyCharles
Edison,ThomasEdisonsson.Thefoundationisworkinghardtokeephisfathers
legacyalivethroughTheThomasEdisonInventionChallenge.
{ThomasEdisonandElectricity}Parker,Steve.Philadelphia:ChelseaHouse,1995.Print.
ThisbookisaboutThomasEdisonandhisinventions.Ittalkedabouthisinventionof
electricityandThomasEdisonslife.Iusedthisinmybackgroundinformation.
AmericanHistory.Edu.
LightningARevolution:AnEdisonTimeline
.N.p.,n.d.Web.5Dec.
2015.
Thisisaveryusefulsourceinmyhistoricalcontextbecauseitisachartthatshowsa
timelineofEdisonsinvention,whenandwhatwascreatedinthatyear.
Barksdale,Martha."10InventionsbyThomasEdison(ThatYou'veNeverHeardOf)."
HowStuffWorks
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<http://science.howstuffworks.com/10inventionsthomasedison.htm#page=5>.
ThisarticletalksaboutsomeofThomasEdison'siInventionsthatweprobablynever
knewabout.Iwillusethisintheexchangesection.
Biography.comEditors."ThomasEdisonInventorsBiography.com."
Bio.com
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Television,n.d.Web.09Oct.2015.<http://www.biography.com/people/thomasedison
9284349>
ThiswebsiteprovidesinformationaboutThomasEdisonslife.Italsogavemethe
briefinformationabouthowhestartedinventing.Iusedthistounderstandhisearly
inventions.Thissourcewasveryhelpful.Thissourcehelpedmebyshowingme
informationonThomasEdison'sencountersandexchanges.
Crum,Maddie."PeekInsideThomasEdison'sCreativeJournals(NEWBOOK)."
TheHuffington
Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com,01Oct.2015.Web.10Oct.2015.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/thomasedisonjournal_n_3977252.html>
ThiswebsitewasveryusefulinmanywaysbyfindingThomasEdisonsmanyexchanges
andshowinghisproudencounterswithpeople.ThewebsiteshowsEdisonsmany
inventions.Italsoevenshowshisjournalwherehedesignedanddrewhisprecious
inventions.
Edison,ThomasA
ThomasEdison:LifeofanElectrifyingMan
.S.I.:FiliquarianPub.,2008
BasedonwhatIread,thissourcewasveryhelpful.ItexplainsmoreaboutThomas
Edisonandhishardships.
Sterbenz,JudithAquinoandChristina."15InventionsFromThomasEdisonThatChangedThe
World."
BusinessInsider
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ThisarticlediscussedThomasEdison'sinventions.Iusedthisintheexchangesection.
UnitedStates.NationalParkService."AFewGiftedMenWhoWorkedForEdison."
National
ParksService
.U.S.DepartmentoftheInterior,21Dec.2015.Web.02Dec.2015.
ThiswebsitearticleprovidedthenamesofthepeoplewhohadworkedwithThomasA.
Edisononhismanyinventions.
Walsh,Bryan."TheElectrifyingEdison.(CoverStory)."
Time
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4ec999b4c7893d535bdc%40sesionmgr114&vid=6&hid=118&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc
3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=51795055>
ThisbiographyofThomasEdisonhelpedmeunderstandthatwithoutThomasEdisonwe
wouldnotbewherewearetoday.ItwashelpfulinunderstandingEdisonslife.