The New York herald., 1922-02-12
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Achievements of Prolific
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PRACTICAL AS A PIONEER
Business Man, as Well as In
ventor. a Rare Combination
Among Geniuses.


DIR. LOUIS WINsI4oW AUSTIN.
physicist. Bureau of Standards, Wash
ington :, Mr.. Edison is one of the great
est pioneers in practical electrical sci
ence. His most useful invention was the
carbon telephone transmitter; his most
remarkable the phonograph."
CLAUDE A. p. TURNER, consulting
engineer, Minneapolis, Mimi: Edison
may be regarded as one of thefew great
business men among inventors We owe
to him the good work in the development
Of electric light and the invention of the
phonograph, which to-day gives pleasure
20 millions"
GANO DUNN. president ]. G. White
Engineering Corporation. New York:
Edison is q great, space-filiing !l.inller
with a transcendent Imagination in the
realm of the cohcrete. He is OF the type
of Faraddy as distinguished from kel-
win. Although 1t might seem from its
human enrichment that the phoncgraph
was his greatest achievement. in my
opinion the most brilliant and world af-
fecting product of his genius is that
galaxy Of inventions In generators dis
tributing net works and lamps now in
universal use known as the Edison sys-
tenn OF electric light"
CHARLES FORD LANGWoRTHY
chemist and writer for the Encyclopedia
Americana, Washington: Il consider
E6isons most useful achievement the in
yeniion Of the ipcandescent electric
light
PROF. PHILIP j.. BROWNING,
chemist, New Haven, Conn: II consider
Edison tAe prominently practical scion
tific investigator OF his time and his
career the greatest stimulus TO inventive
research. His most valuable contri-
button was his effective response to the
Creators words. Let there be lisht!'"
Advances Every Art He Touches.
DIR. WILLIAM d. COOLIDGE. Re-
search Laboratory, General Electric
Company. Schenectady, N. Y: His
dauntless courage, strength of convic-
tions and indefatigable energy have
made Mr.. Edison one of the worlds
greatest pioneers. His scientific achieve
ments are of surprising scope and of
incalculable value to humanity. He
seems to have advanced every art that
he has touched. His greatest contribu-
ton TO human comfort seems to me to
be the incandescent lamp and his sys-
tenn for the distribution of light and
power. Perhaps no living man better
exemplifes the gospel of service to
humanity"
PROF. r.. S. SACKETT. civil engineer,
State College, Pa: Edison is the
greatest scientific inventor of the age
No other has equaled him in variety OF
% t,s.e III t~ts. lf1nf
is by far his greatest achievement and
most valuable service to mankind"
ELIHU THOMSON, president Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology, Lynn,
Mass: TIN various fields of applied
science MIR. Edison has been a pioneer
and his work has left lasting impress
sion in many arts and industries. He
was early known for his remarkable
work in multlplex telegraphs. lie passed
TO the carbon transmitter telephone as
an adjunct to Bells original telephone
Almost contcmporaneously came the
phonograph. the machine which could
talk and sing and which was entirely
original with Edison. Tnen came that
gigantic piece Of work the invention
and establishment of his incandescent
electric lights and system in the early
eighties of the past century. In this
connection there came the discovery os
the Edison effect, the first observation
OF a phenomenon which in other hands
and I'm these latter years has beer
made 70 yield marvellous results. The
persistent effort which gave use 10 the
present form Of Edison storage battery
is characteristics II is too early TO say
what is the most valuable Of his many
inventions, but IL utility is TO be the
standard ! should personally place the
work on incandescent electric lighting
at the head Of the list"
Three Best Contributions.
PROF. VI. !. PUPIN. inventor. New
York "Edison's most valuable contribu-
tions 20 the public good are his dynamo
with armature Of low resistance, in
candesccnt lamp and phonograph."
ROBERT II. RICHARDS. metaIlurg-
ist. Jamaica Plain. Mass. "T will say
incandescent light is Edison's most val
uablo contribution 30 the public good.
He is the greatest inventor OF all time"
WILLIAM LINCOLN SMITH, head OF
the department Of electrical engineering
Northeastern College. Concord Mass
''1n my opinion Edison's most valuable
achievement was his invention OF tho
vacuum bulb incandescent lamp and de-
velopmcnt OF the Edison system, combin-
ing tfle principles of feeders, mains and
AhA'' WI v hiNti ibhtihE litiWDlkNs
SCHUYLER SKAATS WHEELER.
president Of the Crocner- Wheeler Com
pany and electric authority: 'Jcdison's s
most valuable contribution Is the in
candescent light. This included for the
first time all at ono stroke the use of
large dynamos working together. an un-
limited electricity supply at steady pres
sure. payment neters, fuses or safety
valves and other necessary accessories.
nnd the solution OF the old question. Can
aas electric light be subdivided? by his
invention tho electric bulb MY estl-
mate Of his scientific achievements is
}. that he has produced n larger number
OF fundamental and valuable things, all
different. than any other man In the
world. This includes the light. the
phonograph and the motion picture, with
many OF their details. and large num-
Der OF less important things. such as tho
ouadruplex telegraph. lie has a supreme
rcicntific sense or judgment rather than
ability to arrive at things theoretically" ="