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The Wizard of Menlo Park says that he hasn’t finished inventing the megaphone and cannot say when he will because he is “busily engaged on the electric light.”
In a marvelous coincidence, on October 22, 1879, a bulb with a fragile filament of carbonized thread glowed at Menlo Park for the very first time.
In a marvelous coincidence, on October 22, 1879, a bulb with a fragile filament of carbonized thread glowed at Menlo Park for the very first time.
Autograph Letter Signed (“T.A. Edison”), 1 page, octavo, Menlo Park, New Jersey, October 22, 1879. To Eleanor Hallowell Stroud.
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T. A. EDISON.
Menlo Park, N. J., Oct 22 1879
Mrs[.] Stroud
Dear Madame
Your favor of the 19th was duly rec'd - The megaphone is not yet completed and I am quite unable to say when it will be as at present I am busily engaged on the Electric light.
Very Truly
T. A. Edison
Menlo Park, N. J., Oct 22 1879
Mrs[.] Stroud
Dear Madame
Your favor of the 19th was duly rec'd - The megaphone is not yet completed and I am quite unable to say when it will be as at present I am busily engaged on the Electric light.
Very Truly
T. A. Edison
