47fi Dyer, Martin, and Meadowcroft, Edison: His Life and Inventions, pp.1. The X-ray room was probably one the experimental
rooms the south side the precision machine shop.478
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Building Second Floor Experimental Rooms, Period 1887-1900 and
Period II: 1901-1914
These rooms were devoted "physical and mechanical experiments" according to
Dyer and Martin.
The shop orders for 1907 show that Edison was still experimenting on
incandescent and fluorescent lamps and thus possible that did call the
resources these rooms. This room could the
one shown figure 128, ca.
475 Shop Orders 1963 and 1973, Notebook N-99-06-24. The room was kept locked and only Dickson and his assistant,
Charles Brown, were allowed inside.However, they also point out that the glass blowing and vacuum pump rooms are
"adjacent" "several others devoted physical and mechanical experiments,
together with draughting-room."474 This placement suggests that the two
rooms are the south side the building, east west room 5.
Building Room Room was set Dickson’s room and was here that
Dickson developed the motion picture camera. "Nicoli will have your room
ready soon. This project was carried out in
great secrecy. The room contains Edison
fluoroscope, the first X-ray machine, and electrical equipment."
478 Evidence, TAE American Mutoscope and Benjamin Keith, Legal Box 173, 138. Let Nicoli store all the stuff you don’t want and move what you want into the new room.
477 TAE Moore, August 1911 (in 1911, Phonograph-Manufacture).477
Building X-Ray Room.1904 photograph.
474 Dyer, Martin, and Meadowcroft, Edison: His Life and Inventions, pp. shows one the columns and
the typical wood panelling these rooms. The old experimental
material went into storage. 648-49. Partitions
were erected removed and new equipment moved in. the door was little shutter" for
communication.476 The changing experimental projects undertaken the
laboratory probably brought about changes the experimental rooms. 648-49
