I visited the Edison site many years ago and a tour guide told the group about the flat record and Mr. Victor Victrola. Cross my heart. Paul Charosh In a message dated 7/3/2011 6:13:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jnic...@fuse.net writes:
Oh, yes. The book is Expiration Date. Other comments about the museum: 1. I was quite unhappy that both a tour guide and a guy playing a young Tom Edison told us that Edison did NOT invent the light bulb, he only "perfected" it. I couldn't believe they were spreading this garbage to every visitor. Since when does it count when other people try to invent something and fail? I think the US Patent Office agrees with me on the light bulb. It's bad enough that they said that Edison didn't invent the light bulb. But they had to gall to have an actor playing Edison say it out loud. That is an unbelievably inaccurate portrayal of Edison. The actor did get in one jab, however. He pointed out that unlike the others who worked on the light bulb, his actually worked. 2. I'm unhappy that Edison is downplayed compared to how it used to be at the museum. The large phonograph display that was there in the 1970's wasn't there in 2009. The worst thing is that they renamed the complex "The Henry Ford" instead of using Ford's name for it: "The Edison Institute". 3. I am very impressed that they have a Chrysler Turbine car there. As a kid, I saw one of the 50 produced that Chrysler was showing in a local shopping mall. Almost all of them were scrapped on purpose shortly thereafter. I just found out this week that Jay Leno has one (see video on YouTube). 4. I didn't see the Edison Waterpower Phonograph in 2009, but I believe I saw it there on my previous trip in 1997. Jim Nichol On Jul 3, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Dennis Back wrote: > For those interested in this book, the title is "Expiration Date" and written by Tim Powers. It's a very good read, I might add. > And Jim...I very much enjoyed your posts about the Menlo Lab and Ford's residence. > > Dennis _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
