Edison's Eve
Gaby Wood attended Cambridge University and has been a regular contributor to The Guardian and the London Review of Books. She is the author of a short work of nonfiction, During the eighteenth century, the inventor Jacques de Vaucanson created a ... [... more]
Random House |
Prolific Female Inventors of the Industrial Era
The most prolific women inventors of the early industrial era in the U.S. are sometimes known by the complimentary, if patronizing, title of "Lady Edisons." Margaret Knight of Boston (1838-1914) is credited with about 90 inventions and 22 ... [... more]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
News - Phonautograph Recording Predates Edison - History
Generally credited with being the father of recorded sound, Thomas Alva Edison's title may have to be amended slightly. Edison's Cylinder Phonograph was patented in December, 1877 using a principal he had been hoping to use as a means of ... [... more]
Bella Online |
