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4-6What in the World? series.
This book discusses Edison's most famous invention culturally and chronologically. Carefully selected reproductions and the small-type text cover the nineteenth century in general, then narrow to Edison's life, work, and contemporaries. Fandel pays particular attention to what Edison accomplished with the light bulb and a system to distribute electricity. Timeline. Ind.