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This newest volume in the acclaimed 'Papers of Thomas A. Edison' covers one
year in the life of America's greatest inventor--1878. That year Edison, whom a
New York newspaper in the spring first called "the Wizard of Menlo Park,"
developed the phonograph, one of his most famous inventions; made a
breakthrough in the development of telephone transmitters, which made the
instrument commercially viable; and announced the advent of domestic electric
lighting, with only a few weeks' worth of tinkering necessary to complete its
design (the announcement sent gas-company stocks plummeting; the research and
development went on for four years). These inventions brought Edison financial
support for his work and attention from the public. In January investors in the
Edison Speaking Phonograph Company agreed to fund development work on the
phonograph. The invention made Edison internationally famous and in May he
traveled to Washington, D.C., to show the phonograph at the National Academy of
Sciences, to Congress, and to President Rutherford B. Hayes at the White
House. That same month Western Union agreed to pay Edison an annual salary of
$6,000 for his telephone inventions, although other support from the company
declined following the death of its president, William Orton. The stress of
unceasing public attention, including a trans-Atlantic dispute over the
question of who invented the microphone, led an exhausted Edison to travel west
during the summer to witness a solar eclipse but also to seek rest. His
six-week trip took him to San Francisco and the Yosemite region of California.
Edison began working on electric lighting after his return and in October the
Edison Electric Light Company was formed to support his research. This fourth volume of Edison's letters covers one year in the life of the
inventor - the year in which he was first called "the Wizard of Menlo Park",
developed the phonograph, made a breakthrough in telephone transmitters and
announced the advent of domestic electric lighting.
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