Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931

The diary and sundry observations of Thomas Alva Edison by Thomas A Edison ( Book )
15 editions published between 1938 and 1968 in English and held by 800 libraries worldwide

The papers of Thomas A. Edison by Thomas A Edison ( Book )
48 editions published between 1989 and 2007 in English and held by 561 libraries worldwide
Vol 4. Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878 / volume editors, Paul B. Israel, Keith A. Nier, Louis Carlat. editorial staff, Grace Kurkowski, Helen Endick. director and editor, Robert A. Rosenberg.

Landmarks of early film ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1994 and 1997 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 466 libraries worldwide
A compilation of the very earliest films from the first projections of moving images to the advent of the feature film, an area of film history often underseen, underappreciated and understudied. Includes films from Pathe frénes, Vitagraph Co., Biograph Co., and Keystone Film Co. Includes films by Thomas Edison, Louis Lumière, Edwin S. Porter, George Méliès, Charles Pathé, Ferdinand Zecca, Max Linder, D.W. Griffith, and Henry Lehrman.

The incandescent light : a review of its invention and application by Floyd A Lewis ( Book )
5 editions published between 1949 and 1961 in English and held by 326 libraries worldwide

The diary of Thomas A. Edison by Thomas A Edison ( Book )
6 editions published between 1970 and 1971 in English and held by 293 libraries worldwide

The great train robbery and other primary works a treasury of early cinema, 1894-1913 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide
The genesis of the motion picture medium is recreated in this collection of films from cinema's formative period. More than crucial historical artifacts, these films reveal the foundation from which the styles and stories of the contemporary cinema would later arise.

A Christmas past vintage holiday films, 1901-1925 ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide
Silent vignettes of the Christmas holiday season, digitally remastered.

Inventions and innovations ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide
Without the inventor's curiosity and desire to find answers to questions, the world would be a different place. This film examines rare footage of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Henry Ford, whose theories and subsequent practical application of those ideas transformed the way we live, work and play.

Perils of the new land films of the immigrant experience (1910-1915) ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2008 and held by 107 libraries worldwide
Four films that address the immigrant experience in the United States in the early twentieth century.

The quotable Edison by Thomas A Edison ( Book )
2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 87 libraries worldwide
From the Dust Jacket: The Quotable Edison offers a wealth of insightful, enlightening, and sometimes humorous comments and witticisms from Thomas Edison (1847-1931), a man famous for his dictum that "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." He seemed always ready with a clever word or phrase. On religion, "Satan is the scarecrow of the religious cornfield"; On the English, "The English are not an inventive people; they don't eat enough pie"; On the secret of his success, "I start where the last man left off"; On work, "I've been working two shifts most of my life. Lots of other men work two shifts too, but they devote the other one to poker"; On the law, "A lawsuit is the suicide of time"; On philosophy, "I believe that life, like matter, is indestructible"; On vacations, "Florida is about as near to heaven as any man can get"; On vice, "Whatever a man likes he will have a tendency to overdo". Variously called a "magician," the "Wizard of Menlo Park," and "the Napoleon of Science," he was a prolific inventor and the holder of hundreds of patents. But he was also a practical joker, a self-made man with a certain disdain for polite society, an ambitious explorer, and a public intellectual. By the age of 38, Edison was a world-famous celebrity, sought out by reporters eager for a scoop of just a comment. Even today, eighty years after his death, he remains one of the great scientific heroes of American and world history. The Quotable Edison brings the inventor to life like on other biography, allowing the man to speak in his own voice, including his reported final words: "It's very beautiful over there."