10/12/0 Mr. Hughes starts off the article by explaining the prosperity of American invention from the end of the civil war to the beginning of WWI. The numbers of patents in America at this time were more than Britain, France, and Germany had all together. He will be discussing four major inventors of the time, all of which made major contributions to the electrical industry. The in inventors are Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, inventor of modern …showed first 75 words of 614 total…

…showed last 75 words of 614 total…unconcerned. His biographer said this change came after the marriage to his second wife, and the purchase of an estate for her and the production of his lab. Nikoli Tesla maintained his independent inventors status. His inventive concepts grew grand; some thought unrealistic. Unlike Edison he felt no fascination with the principles of large-scale production. The writer is concerned the restraints put on modern inventors and asks us to look towards the past for inspiration.