{ "item_title" : "Edison His Life And Inventions", "item_author" : [" Frank Lewis Dyer "], "item_description" : "Edison His Life And Inventions is a comprehensive biography of the legendary inventor Thomas Edison, written by Frank Lewis Dyer. The book delves into Edison's personal life, his upbringing, his education, and his early years as an inventor. It also explores his most famous inventions, including the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture camera. The book provides a detailed account of Edison's working methods, his struggles, and his triumphs, and offers insights into the man behind the inventions. The author draws on extensive research, including interviews with Edison's family and colleagues, to provide a vivid and engaging portrait of one of the most important figures in American history. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the life and work of Thomas Edison, and for those interested in the history of science and technology in America.American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. In Edison's boyish days it was quite different, and telegraphic supplies were hard to obtain. But he and his chum had a line between their homes, built of common stove-pipe wire. The insulators were bottles set on nails driven into trees and short poles.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/41/911/729/1419117297_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "36.95", "online_price" : "36.95", "our_price" : "36.95", "club_price" : "36.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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