A HISTORY OF EDISON'S WEST ORANGE LABORATORY 1887-1931

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The continual technological development of phonographs and motion pictures placed premium the work of the laboratory which had counter the innovations the competition. Each side carefully examined the opposition's machines try gain the advantage. The major technical goal the competing phonograph companies was extension record playing time. depended the profits from two rapidly growing businesses, but unfortunately the phonograph and motion picture industries were volatile and highly competitive.VIII-30 THE COMPETITIVE STRUGGLE TAE Inc. 1910 they were worth over million dollars sales the Edison enterprise. The technological battle was fought with both fair means and foul. The West Orange laboratory was now security zone the Edison complex, with secret projects going behind locked doors. The competition was gradually increasing the playing time of . Edison was not above instructing the laboratory staff copy the successful engineering the opposition. The "best lab ever" was now pitted against the engineering departments companies like Columbia and Biograph— small, aggressive and highly innovative. Industrial espionage was common in both motion picture and phonograph industries, and was said that each company mantained spies the enemy's camp