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- Thomas Edison with Rudolph Diesel and J.W. Lieb, West Orange Laboratory Library, circa 1912 - Thomas Edison and some distinguished visitors pose in front of Edison's desk in the library of his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. From left to right: the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, known for his eponymous engine; his wife Martha; Edison; John W. Lieb, an American electrical engineer and Edison associate; and his wife Minnie Lieb.
- circa 1912
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Thomas Edison with Rudolph Diesel and J.W. Lieb, West Orange Laboratory Library, circa 1912
Thomas Edison and some distinguished visitors pose in front of Edison's desk in the library of his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. From left to right: the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, known for his eponymous engine; his wife Martha; Edison; John W. Lieb, an American electrical engineer and Edison associate; and his wife Minnie Lieb.
- Ford Engineering Laboratory, August 1951, Showing Names Engraved on Facade - When Henry Ford built his Dearborn Engineering Laboratory in 1923-1924, he had the names of people whom he considered great innovators engraved into the facade. Some, like Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers, were well known. Others, like naturalist John Burroughs, were Ford's friends. And some, like marine architect Frank Kirby, for whom Ford apprenticed as a teenager, were personal influences.
- August 13, 1951
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Ford Engineering Laboratory, August 1951, Showing Names Engraved on Facade
When Henry Ford built his Dearborn Engineering Laboratory in 1923-1924, he had the names of people whom he considered great innovators engraved into the facade. Some, like Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers, were well known. Others, like naturalist John Burroughs, were Ford's friends. And some, like marine architect Frank Kirby, for whom Ford apprenticed as a teenager, were personal influences.