Abstract :
The title signature is a reproduction of that which Edison attached to the AIEE prospectus issued in April 1884. “Biographical Memoirs of Thomas Alva Edison”, which appears here in digest form, was presented to the National Academy of Sciences by Arthur E. Kennelly at the autumn meeting, 1932. Doctor Kennelly was a past president of the Institute (1898–1900), Honorary Member (1933), and Edison Medalist (1933). He was closely associated with Edison, being his principal assistant at one time. He died June 18, 1939.
