New Jersey, 21 October 1931
America dipped its lights for a minute tonight in honour of the man who gave it the electtric light-bulb.
Thomas Alva Edison, perhaps the most profilic inventor in history, has died at the age of 84.
His was an extraordinary career, a hugh catalogue of nearly 1,300 inventions. His energy was equally tireless. "To stop is to rust" he once said--- 3500 crammed note books bear testimony. To him the World owes the light-bulb, the phonograph, tickertape machines, and much of the technology of moving pictures. He gave this insight into the workings of the creative mind. "Genius" he said "is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"
Edison died 78 years ago, almost on this day.................................more to come ..from...BaldyMan