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11 Feb 07 - 09:29 AM (#1963932) Subject: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: moongoddess On February 11, 1847, Thomas Alva Edison was born. He is one of my heros because he invented the phonograph. I have a friend who collects old Edison phonographs and last night we listened to music on those old tubes and early records. What fun. If you want to hear a great collection of early country music played on Edison phonographs, take a listen to "Country Music Pioneers on Edison" at the Document Records website. |
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11 Feb 07 - 10:19 AM (#1963958) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: bobad A very nice site where you can listen to over 6,000 cylinder recordings Cylinder Digitization And Preservation Project . |
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11 Feb 07 - 10:59 AM (#1963981) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: Rapparee Happy Birthday, Tom. |
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11 Feb 07 - 11:36 AM (#1964007) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: RangerSteve Bobad - thanks for that link. A lot of Canadian fiddlers for the Atlantic provines talk about J. Scott Skinner, and I finally got to here one of his recordings. Now I understand why he's so fondly remembered. |
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11 Feb 07 - 03:06 PM (#1964167) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: moongoddess Thanks for the link! |
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11 Feb 07 - 05:04 PM (#1964275) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: terrier As a kid I had a childrens book with various stories and anecdotes, one of which was entitled "The Wizard of Menlow Park". It was a potted history of Edison. It fascinated me and I must have read it so many times I could recite the article from memory. I wondered how a man could invent so many things in his lifetime. My favourite one was the paper shirt that never required washing. It was multi layered,and as one layer got dirty,the wearer would just peel it away revealing a clean layer underneath. Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you.............. |
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11 Feb 07 - 05:11 PM (#1964280) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: Peace Probably terrible history, but I loved the movie, and Spencer Tracy will always be Thomas Alva Edison to me. HB TAE. |
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11 Feb 07 - 05:54 PM (#1964334) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: The Fooles Troupe "the paper shirt that never required washing. It was multi layered,and as one layer got dirty,the wearer would just peel it away revealing a clean layer underneath" Like many 'good ideas' of that time, they were rather limited - that may make the OUTSIDE of the shirt look clean, but what about the INSIDE?!!!!! |
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12 Feb 07 - 04:37 AM (#1964637) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: sian, west wales There's an article on how his phonograph came to be used in Wales for collecting folk music here . sian |
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12 Feb 07 - 09:18 AM (#1964760) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: Scrump A true genius. Many Happy Returns, Thomas Alvar Edison. |
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12 Feb 07 - 04:39 PM (#1965240) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: Peace Edison's Inventions Automatic Telegraphy Cement Disc Phonograph Electric Generator Electric Lamp Electric Light and Power System Electric Pen Loud-Speaking Telephone Motion Pictures Ore Milling Quadruplex Telegraph Stock Ticker Storage Battery Telephone Transmitter Tinfoil Phonograph Vote Recorder Wax Cylinder Phonograph The above is from here. |
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12 Feb 07 - 05:10 PM (#1965278) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: RangerSteve The "Cement" mentioned above is a little inaccurate. He developed a type of cement that was nearly indestructable. The buildings around the labs in West Orange, NJ were constructed of this material. After the labs closed, a number of the surrounding buildings were slated to be demolished. A wrecking ball was brought in, and it actually bouned off of the buildings. They ended up using dynamite. There are some housing developments still standing in Northern New Jersey that were made of this same cement. The houses look nice enough, but it's nearly impossible to do any alterations. Even the interior walls are made of Edison cement, making it nearly impossible to hang picures on the walls or do any exterior renovations. |
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12 Feb 07 - 05:16 PM (#1965289) Subject: RE: BS: Happy Birthday Thomas Alva Edison From: Peace Stock Ticker |
