In a message dated 4/13/2006 3:49:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
This is very interesting, Edison was offered the Victor Trademark first, perhaps he should have used it after all. I have read that if you view the original painting from the correct angle, faint images of the original cylinder machine depicted in the painting can still be seen. This may be a myth, but it is a neat story. Edison missed a golden opportunity once again. Another opportunity he missed was the development of the vacuum tube. Edison discovered that if a second element, or filament was placed inside a light bulb, electrons would pass between them. (This would result in a monode becoming a diode.) He failed to see the implications of his discovery. However, the basic principle behind the vacuum tube is unchanged to this day, and is still called "The Edison Effect." Randy
