Close his room was the room Fred Ott, whose precision
lathe often gave life Edison's ideas.19
They were divided wooden partitions and could arranged to
suit any project. the
end the row experimental rooms the south side the
corridor was Room the photographic studio.L. Dickson experimented the motion
picture camera and kinetoscope. The rooms were lined up
on each side the main corridor that led the precision
shop and numbered beginning the head the stairs. was just short
walk down the hall take advantage the skilled men and
specialized machines the precision shop. This room was
kept locked, and had opening the door pass through
supplies. any time,
several experimenters would probably this shop, watching
the construction models and apparatus and swapping ideas
with the machinists.
. Edison wanted flexible floor plan change
experimental directions saw fit.K. Here W. Edison's room was number 12, to
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the left the stairs and facing the laboratory's courtyard
