MENU

Books

Friday, May 10, 2024

Age of Edison by Ernest Freeberg

March 22, 2013 11:15 am • Last Updated: March 22, 2013 11:16 am

Think Thomas Edison invented the light bulb? Wrong. Think the electric light killed gas light? Wrong. This fascinating book covers 1880 through 1920 and the amazing history of lighting—which is completely different than the history of electricity. Find out why inside.

—R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison

2 of 7

STORIES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian tent encampment at MIT

BOSTON (AP) — Police early Friday have begun dismantling a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. People were being detained and video showed police roaming thro...

Editorial Cartoon - May 10, 2024

Lyman Allyn exhibition explores five decades of abstract work by Power Boothe

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London will open on Saturday an art exhibition by Power Boothe, a professor of painting at the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, where he served as dean fr...

Sound Advice 05-10-24

A Welcome Home reader asked whether there are “deal breakers”—for example, termite, flood or foundation damage discovered during the home inspection—that should make a buyer reconsider buying the home...