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I’ve heard the story (myth?) that Edison’s house had a gate that was relatively hard to push, and which visitors asked him to fix but he refused - and it eventu
by beagle3 5y ago
I’ve heard the story (myth?) that Edison’s house had a gate that was relatively hard to push, and which visitors asked him to fix but he refused - and it eventually turned out it was providing energy to his locally dug well, pulling some water out with every opening @ closing of the gate.
Might be an urban legend.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoBased upon this[1] (so big old grain of sea salt required) it's an urban myth. [1] https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-edisons-front-gate/120679/6 https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thomas-edisons-front-gate/... I also wonder at the practicality of pulling out one sporadic push worth of water out of a well. No way is that moving much water.