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Biographical Note on Thomas Edison
 Over the desk at his
Laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison kept the quotation:
“Success is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration”. He never lost sight of the fact that thought must be
married to action in order to produce results. The “result” was
America’s most prolific inventor, a man who produced a phenomenal
outpouring of scientific patents, business acumen, productivity and
ground breaking innovation. From the Stock Market ticker, which
mobilized the efficiency of American Stock Markets, to his favorite
invention, the phonograph; from the incandescent light to the motion
picture camera, Edison remains an icon of the American Dream.
Edison was also a man of business. After inventing an Electric Vote Counter
(again way ahead of his time!) which did not sell, he created a business
invention - the stock ticker, which he developed in 1870. He sold it to
a Wall Street firm for $40,000, a fortune at the time. He then invented
the electric light and commercialized the era of electricity. Edison also invented a
mimeograph machine, giving businesses the first break from the necessity
of having all copies made by hand. Thomas Edison was the architect of
Modern America. His 1,093 inventions were impressive, even more was his
dedication to finding practical applications and improvements for his
ideas. He firmly believed that Science had a duty to further the
Enlightenment and Progress of Humanity. He firmly believed that Science was the key to
the future. As a successful businessman he understood that advancing
technologies were the lynchpin to a dominant economy; innovation drove
efficiency, efficiency drove business.
Document Specifications:
Very Fine Document on Batonne Laid Paper
written and signed by "Thomas Edison" and dated "Orange, N.J. March 24th
1898". Document measures approximately 8½w x 11h inches (215 x
280mm). Typed Letter is 1 page and has a printed letterhead that
notes: "Cable Address 'Edison, New York.'" and "From the Laboratory of
Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J.". Addressed to Mr. Preston M. Nolan, c/o
Kable-Spalding Co., Chicago & Mount Morris, Ill. Two vertical and one
horizontal original file folds.
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