The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-10-23
THE sroRY OF THE 1NcANDEscENy

years ago today Thomas Edison produced the
first successful ncandescent lamp TO July appreciate the import
ance Of this wonderful invention SO back othose days
when household electric lighting deemed impossible BY the
worlds greatest scientists when heony uminant were candies
oil lamps and now and then gas plant in the Street
lighting was not seriously attempted an we're not
illuminated closing hours and only afev api& a
pickering candles served to the household alter dark
Those were strenuous days for Edison Bed6sthe
nous amount entaed by the operations d bis nanuiaeur
ing shops he celebrating the engineering plans Tor the hst
central station in New York City, covering carefully every detail
he was turning inventions and helping
the Board Underwriters formulate rules for the new art oil
ncandescen lighting also working onthc nnumerabe
details relating to isolated lighting plants which there
was beginning demand he directing the engineering
and work OF his electric railway out at Meno Park
He was working twenty hours day this time lie seemed
to be utterly Obvious the every day things Of When he seem
ed 70 need new clothes his secretary them and have
them delivered to Mrs Edison When they would wait
until he had gone change all his things from
old the pockets Of the ones and aye that in place
Of the old would put morning and just as likely
the machine works elsewhere and get the
clothes covered with oil or chemicals.
1884, the general public did not know what an IN
lamp An engine and dynamo had been placed
the Edison Office in Fifth Avenue and the house
and fitted up with lamps and fixtures for the purpose OF edu
eating the public.
Il was matter years general public acquired
rudmentay knowledge of the art of ncandescent lighting This
ignorance gave long list of udcou incidents The
lamp works shipped lamps customer forwarding there
with memorandum Of shipment which in this read
100 lamps ITO volts The returned the memorandum
with this written the foot Lamps received but cannot find
the volts in the package" ,.. .41aJa& .als&
DEVELOPMENTS in the new art Of incandescen lighting
from Mr. Edison the early eighties Improvement
followed improvement with dazzling rapdy The manufacturing
shops were buzzine hives of industry Real money however
commodity Mr. Edison had been obliged to finance the
organization Of the shops himself and doing so had large
morgaged There fearful and wonder
full financing done when the Payros OF the four shops were made
up the week ends. IA
Late one summer afternoon in 1881 Mr. Edison was sitting in
Major Eaons Office talking with him The door opened and i
Mr. Upton the manager Of the lamp factory which
then small wooden building Menlo Park Mr. Upton the
who about year previous this time had from Men
Park New York having his market basket containing
all the ncandescent lamps in the world. >tHa a#
rHeol Upton, said Mr. Edison, chow you making out
"Fine replied Mr. Upton exutanty I'VE finished Thousand
lamps today. @a/. #M
Mr. Edison said nothing but seized pad Of and fgme
for few minutes Then looking he said In fifteen you'll
be making forty thousand day. M9h" o@'..
AS matter of fact the lamp factory actually turning
about $4,000 lamps day 1896 and this number per hour is
unusual today =. ... ZEE. .r: ~...4