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  1. Today in 1887 Henry H. Holly delivers his architectural plans for the laboratory. The complete document is @ edison.rutgers.edu about 16 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Get a sense of what it was like receive guidance from #ThomasEdison. ow.ly/i/EBg5 ow.ly/i/EBgf 6:30 AM May 27th via HootSuite
  3. Save the date! Edison Day is June 2nd 2012 from 10 am to 4 pm. Join us for special activities and FREE admission. 11:30 AM May 26th via HootSuite
  4. Edison Day is just 6 days away! There will be lots of special programs like live wax recordings and a talk about Edison and the Presidents. 6:01 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  5. 5/24/1888 Thomas Edison assures concerned associates that his direct current method is far superior to Westinghouse’s alternating current. 6:01 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  6. Thomas Edison National Historical Park Special Event: Camp Edison. Join us June 27-30 with topics including Sound Recording and Chemistry. 6:01 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  7. 5/22/1888 Thomas Edison writes to Eadweard Muybridge about his catalogue and plates of “Animal Locomotion”. 6:00 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  8. 5/21/1888 Samuel Langhorne Clemens or Mark Twain telegraphs Thomas Edison asking to get a demonstration of the phonograph. 6:01 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  9. 5/19/1913 TAE at railroad car with storage battery shipment, Miller Reese Hutchison is on the left. ow.ly/i/BtJF 5:00 AM May 19th via HootSuite
  10. May 18, 1895 Edison bought gold mine in North Carolina. Mr. Edison believes he has found a way to get gold out of pyrite. 4:00 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  11. 05/17/1915 Electric vehicles were used for deliveries. Pictured are Ward's Baking Company trucks equiped with Edison storage batteries.... 5:25 AM May 17th via HootSuite
  12. May 1913 Edison is named “most useful” man in America by a survey of readers of Independent magazine. 4:00 AM May 17th via HootSuite
  13. 5/16/1925 Dedication to TAE at Menlo Park Lab site..Guest speakers NJ Govenor and GE Chairman ow.ly/i/Bsp4 5:00 PM May 16th via HootSuite
  14. May 15, 1887 “Dear Sir, I wired you Friday to bring me 100 cigars; I received 75 by mail. Who kept the other 25?” Samuel Insull to A. Tate 4:00 AM May 15th via HootSuite
  15. May 14, 1901 Edison receives kidnapping threat for his children, demanding $25,000 in gold. Hires Pinkerton detectives and plot is foiled. 4:31 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  16. May 14, 1891 Edison describes in an interview that he will be introducing his new kinetograph (motion-picture camera) at the World’s Fair. 4:00 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  17. May 13, 1891 Edison in Chicago trying to negotiate for more exhibit space during the Chicago World’s Fair. 4:00 AM May 13th via HootSuite
  18. Edison’s improved Phonograph will be on display at The Electric Club’s meeting on May 12, 1988. ow.ly/i/Bs19 5:30 AM May 12th via HootSuite
  19. 5/10/1891 when faced with kidney troubles Thomas Edison did not believe in taking medicine, he made adjustments to his diet by adding... 5:25 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  20. 5/9/88 What was the first Phonographic communications with Canada? ow.ly/i/BrYL 5:10 AM May 9th via HootSuite