N990606; TAE's sketch for caveat, Apr 1900; Dyer Martin,
556; N000123. Pickett (San Francisco; San
Francisco Press, 1977), 5-22
2.
6.5
6
7
5. Mark Ham, "Edison and the Phonograph, 1877-1889," 10.
4.7
researchers, not surprising that many R&D labs took a
convergent research methodology, marked numerous experiments
and small innovations, much like the style that evolved West
Orange. Friedel and Israel, Electric Light, pp. 3-88 and 119-145. Frank Dyer and Commerford Martin, Edison; His Life and
Inventions, vols.
. (New York: Harper Brothers, 1910),
596-628; Thomas Hughes, "Edison's Method," Technology at
the Turning Point, ed.," Cat.
7. Those wishing know the
complete story this chemical research should consult Richard
Schallenberg's fine study the battery, Bottled Energy, pp.J. W. reviewing Table important note that the
chemical research the battery was enormously complex and
beyond the scope this study. Schallenberg, Bottled Energy, 353.
3. 1269, 215-217; N020617.B. Thus rather than being unproductive anachronism
centered around aging inventor, the West Orange laboratory
came very similar the corporate labs, successful
because Edison developed research style that made
technological innovation reliable component business
strategy.
ENDNOTES
1. Shop order 935 "Storage Battery (Personal TAE)," June 1899
in N871124; "Minutes the Mucker Society Thomas Edison
Laboratory Orange, N.
355-364, for thorough discussion Edison's chemical
investigations with regard the storage battery
