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

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XIV- 6 Q just now. The . Instead leading the pack, the Edison industries were entering fields that had already passed through the pioneering phase. The experimental projects undertaken Edison his last years show divergence from his earlier work; stayed in the same general areas— storage battery, phonograph, and chemistry. Radios and consumer durables, such toasters and coffee percolators, were new departures for TAE Inc., but they were way radical new products. took pride telling the press and his associates that was busy "getting rubber from weeds," and what could be g more appropriate task for patriot and practical man. The staff West Orange were instructed not send him any bad news. The West Orange laboratory also continued along the conservative paths set the twentieth century. The Board Directors TAE Inc. Both the radio and Edicraft appliances leaned heavily the appeal Edison's name without advancing the technological boundaries these products. Nor did not alter his approach the problem or his experimental method." was able produce strain with high rubber content, but the results gained did not justify production. Production engineering was the order the day and the new products developed the laboratory were hardly revolutionary. Edison's stubborn opposition radio had been overcome by 1928. allotted large sum money for R&D and the setting manufacture. Yet the rubber project kept the aged inventor busy and content