Edison Centénary
AB "T AM at the moment writing on toa typewriter, and I see by the light of an incandescent electric lamp. Across the room, tempting me to stop writing, is a gramophone; and if I don’t stop to put on a record I shall in any case stop soon to listen to the news on the wireless set at my side. Or, of course, 1 could go out, take an underground electric train and go to the pictures. ... Or I might go by car. If I want to make sure of a seat when I get there I can pick. up the telephone at my elbow and ask for one to be reserved for me, In every single one of the actions I have mentioned I am relying, in one cegree or another, on the work of Thomas Alva Edison." This description by Lionel Elvin gives a graphic picture of how much we owe to Edison, but impressive though the list is, it by no means exhausts the articles which he invented or, by improvements, brought within reach of practical everyday use. The son of an Ohio shingle merchant, Edison was born a century ago this year, and a programme commemorating this anniversary will be broadcast by 1ZM at 8.0 p.m. on Monday, November 17.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 438, 14 November 1947, Page 17
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217Edison Centénary New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 438, 14 November 1947, Page 17
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