When shortages of
money brought work the mines halt, Edison returned to
the laboratory generate more funds the electrical,
phonograph kinetoscope work: have money. Edison set the Edison Manufacturing Company to
manufacture his electric fan kit and later added line of
electromedical equipment.
In this way could support the costs long-term
experimental projects that offered profits the future, in
addition covering the ruinous expenses "pioneering" a
major project like ore milling. 21
m the 1890s. These two products were the result of
the West Orange laboratory's work electricity, offering a
vivid contrast the products that were developed Menlo
Park.but back
in the lab making it" was the policy diversification work
.. Edison was confident that could quickly turn
experiments the laboratory into ready cash, picking the most
promising, perfecting it, and then selling quickly.. The
Phonograph Works gave him independence from venture capitalists
and provided the means generate income from manufacturing.
While the daily work the laboratory was dominated by
electricity, Edison's personal attention was directed the
ore milling project which his own personal fortune rode; he
claimed have put every cent had it.VI-18
of uses: this was the kind electrical technology that Edison
wanted develop. The fan motor was the first long line
of motorized products manufactured the West Orange
complex.
