Other ideas,such as the electric pen, looked promis-ing, at least at first, judging from com-ments in the library press in 1877 and1879. The pen's story proves that inven-tions must not only serve a general need,they must adapt to the specific require-ments of libraries and conform withother existing technologies. Invented byThomas Alva Edison and patented in1876, the electric pen was a writing in-strument that used electromagnets and asmall storage battery. The actual pen,connected by wire to the power source,resembled a sewing needle; it producedsmall punctures in the form of letters andnumbers, and when an inked roller waspassed over the resulting stencil plate,legible copies could be made.
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energized.edison.com energized.edison.com
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Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program<br /> https://energized.edison.com/wildfire-recovery-compensation-program
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Your guide to SoCal Edison's Eaton Fire payout plan<br /> https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/edison-payout-guide
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abc7.com abc7.com
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Eaton Fire updates: New photos appear to show start of deadly Los Angeles fire as DOJ files lawsuits against SoCal Edison - ABC7 Los Angeles<br /> by [[Josh Haskell]]<br /> accessed on 2025-09-05T14:53:04
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www.sce.com www.sce.com
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www.latimes.com www.latimes.com
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Edison wants to raise rates to pay for wildfires linked to its equipment - Los Angeles Times by [[Melody Petersen]]
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In 2017, there were 105 ignitions involving Edison’s equipment. That number rose to 173 ignitions in 2021. Last year, there were 90 ignitions — a 14% decline since 2017.
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That wildfire mitigation work now makes up about 11% of the average bill for an Edison customer, according to the commission’s public advocates office.
Holy shit!
How much of the average bill is paying for covering past fire payouts?
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www.latimes.com www.latimes.com
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When the Eaton fire erupted beneath a Southern California Edison transmission tower just after 6 p.m.,
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web.archive.org web.archive.org
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Quotations and Literary Allusions spoken by Willy Wonka in the 1971 film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory<br /> by Thomas M. Brodhead<br /> https://bmt-systems.com/score/wonka.htm
Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20200111135336/https://bmt-systems.com/score/wonka.htm
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human.libretexts.org human.libretexts.org
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kinetoscope
Kinetoscopes , were machines designed for an individual person to view the images through a "viewfinder" while cranking it. This was the only way to view films.
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writingslowly.com writingslowly.com
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People marveled at new invention after new invention and there was a tendency to see mechanical and especially electrical advances as somehow endowed with life. The phonograph, for example, was held to be alive and print adverts even claimed it had a soul.
I love the tying together of the "aliveness" of a zettelkasten with the "soul" of the phonograph here.
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hcommons.org hcommons.org
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It was diction who created the kinetoscope and other Mashona and Edison took credit.
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Thomas Edison creating motion pictures not because of a contest. But he created short films using other investors from France ideas and created a studio called the black Moria
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hackeducation.com hackeducation.com
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“I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.”
this is fascinating to me - i had no idea of his connections with education. Makes me wonder about Tesla's thoughts on education now. And how he'd feel about filmstrips, which are in essence super cheap motion pictures.
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