Edison and his wife
customarily spent the winter months Fort Myers, but Edison
did not take break from experimenting; equipped his
laboratory with everything needed continue work and often
took assistants Florida with him when was involved an
experimental campaign. (Illus.XIV- 1
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
THE END ERA
Edison's advancing years slowly loosened his grip the
management TAE Inc. 14-1)
In 1926 relinquished control the company Charles
Edison; the latter became President and Edison took the nominal
title Chairman the Board. ^
Thereafter Edison spent more his time Florida his Fort
Myers home. approached his 80th birthday in
1927 his health deteriorated seriously. was totally deaf by
the mid 1920s and increasingly troubled with stomach pains. had acquired the property for his winter home in
1885 and gradually built up, erecting houses, providing it
with pier, and constructing laboratory. The experiments the storage battery
and phonograph record continued there, and postal
communications were maintained with the laboratory West
. the same year Edison sold
his remaining patent rights TAE Inc. for $78,200.
When came the West Orange laboratory, stayed the
ground floor, working his desk the library
