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Lighting Up Manhattan
- A New York Times journalist watches Edison light his office from Pearl Street, describing steady, smell-free electric glow.
- He calls it witnessing history as Edison "lights up Manhattan," beginning the commercial electrical age.
Scope Of Edison's Legacy
- Edison left over 4,000 notebooks and held more patents than anyone in his lifetime.
- His innovations spanned electric light, sound recording, and motion pictures, reshaping many industries.
Curious Boy From Milan
- Born in Milan, Ohio in 1847, Edison moved as a child to Port Huron where he read widely and experimented.
- He once mashed worms and made a neighbor girl sick, yet his curiosity for experiments persisted.