February 2008
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
4h 1m
English
Like many telegraphers of the 1860s, Thomas Edison was a peripatetic young man, but whereas most operators traveled from job to job, Edison moved from place to place with an eye toward settling somewhere that not only offered work for a telegrapher but that was also hospitable to invention and innovation. Early in 1868, he moved from the Midwest to Boston, which offered everything Edison needed to advance a career in technical innovation. It had a sophisticated technological and scientific community, in terms of both practical industry and academics. It offered great libraries with extensive collections of books and journals devoted to science and industry. Finally, it was also the center ...