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100 Years of electric service in New York / Con Edison

Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc  Search this
Physical description:
28 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1982
C1982
Topic:
Electric power--History  Search this
Call number:
TK4137.N5C74
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_169074

Thomas Edison and modern America : a brief history with documents / Theresa M. Collins and Lisa Gitelman ; with Gregory Jankunis

Author:
Collins, Theresa M (Theresa Mary) 1955-  Search this
Gitelman, Lisa  Search this
Jankunis, Gregory  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 205 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Call number:
TK140.E3 C65 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_705700

Where they lit up New York : a walking tour through Thomas Edison's " First District."

Author:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, inc  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
36 p. : ill. ; 22 x 10 cm
Type:
Books
Tours
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Pearl Street Station (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1980
1980]
Topic:
Historic buildings  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Call number:
NA9350.N4 W56
NA9350.N4W56
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_190040

Scrapbook

Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Donor:
Dibner, Bern DSI  Search this
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Author:
Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[34] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Manuscripts (documents).)
Sources
Date:
1879
1879-1897
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
History  Search this
Science  Search this
Technology  Search this
Call number:
MSS 000251 B
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_169448

Papers

Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Donor:
Dibner, Bern DSI  Search this
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Author:
Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
6 items
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Manuscripts (documents).)
Sources
Date:
1879
1879-1924
Topic:
Electricity  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
History  Search this
Science  Search this
Technology  Search this
Call number:
MSS 000470 A
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_169735

Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884

Title:
United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-79 DSI
United States patents of Thomas Alva Edison, June 1st, 1869 to May 20th, 1884 DSI
Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
United States Patent Office  Search this
Lithographer:
Peters, N (Norris)  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Inscriber:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Patents
Place:
United States
Date:
1869
1869-1884
Topic:
Patents--Specifications  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Patents  Search this
Telegraph  Search this
Electric machinery  Search this
Electric apparatus and appliances  Search this
Phonograph  Search this
Telephone  Search this
Motors  Search this
Call number:
T223.B2 E23 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691276

Electric lamp : specification forming part of letters patent no. 223,898, dated January 27, 1880 : application filed November 4, 1879 / Thomas A. Edison, of Menlo Park, New Jersey

Title:
United States Patent Office
Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884  Search this
United States Patent Office  Search this
Lithographer:
Peters, N (Norris)  Search this
Former owner:
Hammer, William Joseph 1858-1934 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Patents
Place:
United States
Date:
1880
Topic:
Incandescent lamps--Filaments  Search this
Electric lamps  Search this
Patents  Search this
Call number:
T223.B2 E23 1869
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691292

Thomas A. Edison papers [electronic resource] : a documentary editing project / sponsored by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, and the New Jersey Historical Commission

Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Rutgers University  Search this
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
United States National Park Service  Search this
New Jersey Historical Commission  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Latimer, Lewis Howard 1848-1928  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Archives
Biography
Sources
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
1999
[1999?]-
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Electrical engineering--History  Search this
Electric lighting--History  Search this
Patents  Search this
Call number:
TK140.E3
TK140.E3 (Internet)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691989

Thomas Edison : the Fort Myers connection / Irvin D. Solomon

Author:
Solomon, Irvin D  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Homes and haunts  Search this
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Friends and associates  Search this
Physical description:
128 p. : ill., geneal. table, ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Florida
Fort Myers
Fort Myers (Fla.)
Date:
2001
C2001
Call number:
TK140.E3 S65 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_665318

"Edisonia," a brief history of the early Edison electric lighting system; comp. and published under the auspices of the Committee on St. Louis exposition of the Association of Edison illuminating companies

Author:
Association of Edison Illuminating Companies Committee on St. Louis exposition  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
211 p. illus., ports., facsim., fold. diagr. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1904
Topic:
Electric lighting  Search this
Call number:
TH501.A84X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_196076

Thomas Alva Edison, an American myth / Wyn Wachhorst

Author:
Wachhorst, Wyn  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1981
C1981
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Call number:
TK140.E3 W3X
TK140.E3W3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_139887

Letter

Author:
Stearns, J. B  Search this
Donor:
Dibner, Bern DSI  Search this
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item (6 leaves)
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents).)
Sources
Date:
1878
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Technology--History  Search this
History  Search this
Science  Search this
Technology  Search this
Call number:
MSS 001408 A
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_179570

Thomas Alva Edison; eighty years of an inventor's life

Author:
Jones, Francis Arthur  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 399 p. illus., facsims., plates, ports. 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1924
[c1924]
Call number:
TK140.E3 J76 1924
TK140.E3J76 1924
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_141413

Edison electric railway; miscellaneous pamphlets

Author:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
5 pamphlets in 1. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1882
1898
1882-98
Topic:
Electric railroads  Search this
Call number:
TF1023 .E23
TF1023.E23
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_158298

A streak of luck / Robert Conot

Author:
Conot, Robert E  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 565 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1978
C1978
Topic:
Inventors  Search this
Electrical engineers  Search this
Call number:
TK140.E3 C56X
TK140.E3C56X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_115846

The boy's life of Edison, by William H. Meadowcroft ... with autobiographical notes by Mr. Edison ..

Author:
Meadowcroft, Wm. H. - (William Henry) 1853-  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Juvenile literature  Search this
Physical description:
x, [1], 331, [1] p. front., plates, ports. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1911
Call number:
TK140.E3 M48
TK140.E3M48
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_130233

Executioner's current : Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the invention of the electric chair / Richard Moran

Author:
Moran, Richard  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Westinghouse, George 1846-1914  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Electrocution--History  Search this
Call number:
HV8696 .M67 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_701842

Edison after forty. [electronic resource]

Author:
Finn, Bernard S. 1932-  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
2002
2002-
19th century
Topic:
Inventors--Biography  Search this
Call number:
TK104.E3
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_687144

The indispensable man; the story of Thomas Alva Edison's life and inventive genius seen in 130 photographs ... and told in the words of David Sarnoff [and others]

Author:
Probst, George E  Search this
Sarnoff, David 1891-1971  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931  Search this
Physical description:
126 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1962
[1962]
Call number:
CT275.E235 P9
CT275.E235P9
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_61994

The house at Glenmont : historic structure report : Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, New Jersey / by Barbara A. Yocum

Author:
Yocum, Barbara A  Search this
Cultural Resources Center (United States. National Park Service. North Atlantic Regional Office) Building Conservation Branch  Search this
Subject:
Edison, Thomas A (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Homes and haunts  Search this
Glenmont (West Orange, N.J.)  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. (xxiv, 1017 p.) : ill., plans ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New Jersey
West Orange
West Orange (N.J.)
Thomas Edison National Historic Park (West Orange, N.J.)
Date:
1998
Topic:
Architecture, Victorian  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_551039

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