The first military customers
for electricity were modern navies who used isolated plants to
light and power their iron warships. formed company with
Gardiner Sims, (the Edison-Sims Electric Torpedo Company) to
design and manufacture submarines, torpedoes, and other naval
weapons.
Edison had always seen military applications for his
inventions. ^
The West Orange laboratory was built time of
revolutionary changes military strategy and technology. The United States was exception; after the
.
There were growing number businesses, such Vickers
Armstrong and Krupps, who depended military orders to
maintain their rapid multinational growth. Electricity offered many opportunities this
field: could used weapon— sprays water linked
with high voltage alternating currents, for example; means
of power; and for communications. This company credited with the design the first
remote-controlled weapon, torpedo powered electricity and
guided through elaborate cable system. Edison had special
interest electrically-powered torpedoes and experimented on
them the West Orange laboratory. The twentieth
century opened atmosphere international tension and
rearmament.XII- 1
CHAPTER TWELVE
THE WEST ORANGE LABORATORY WAR AND PEACE
