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I've always wondered about the connection between Mr. Edison and the mysterious Theodore Audel. Many of Audel's (at one time) ubiquitous tech-craft books promot
by 8bitsrule 7y ago
I've always wondered about the connection between Mr. Edison and the mysterious Theodore Audel. Many of Audel's (at one time) ubiquitous tech-craft books promoted the immortality of Mr. Edison.
- userbinator 7y agoAudel/Hawkins has some written some very interesting books, many of which you can find at archive.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemiah_Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemiah_Hawkins Regarding Edison, I assume you're referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1917_Hawkins_Electrical_Guide_-_Titlepage.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1917_Hawkins_Electrical_G... I think "Edison-worship" was pretty common at the time, since I have some other electrical books by other authors which prominently have a picture of Edison inside the front.