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laboratory's work the nineteenth century testament to
the breadth his imagination. consisted wooden box coated
with photographic emulsion and vacuum tube that produced the
x-ray. had been experimenting this general
area since the lab opened. shop order was started 1892, a
model built, and Edison spoke enthusiastically about his
experiments the Press. assembled all the equipment needed the lab;
including the high vacuum tubes used generate the rays. The laboratory staff turned many
of these ideas into reality, producing experimental models and
factory prototypes short time. Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays the end of
1895. This was
called the fluoroscope.
The x-ray project shows that the laboratory had lost none
of the speed and flexibility that had characterized operations
in the 1880s. had several ideas for powered
flight, including disk shutters which were moved and
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down perpendicular piston. A
typical burst activity the laboratory, with Edison and
his team working night and day, duplicated Roentgen's
experiments and produced working device days. trying find mechanical
duplicate the flapping bird's wings, Edison was
following the path taken many inventors flying machines
and was destined for failure. Edison claimed that started experimenting them only
10 hours after saw the cable announcing Roentgen's
discovery. The object x-rayed was placed between the tube and
. For example, was intrigued
by flying machines
