Abstract :
In the presence of the entire Edison family, the Governor of New Jersey, the mayors of a number of New Jersey and New York cities, the president of Princeton University, chief executives of companies important in the electrical industry and practically all the surviving early associates of the great electrical genius, Mrs. Thomas Alva Edison, on May 16th, unveiled the beautiful bronze tablet in Menlo Park, New Jersey, marking the spot where Thomas A. Edison began his experimental achievements and conceived and perfected nearly all of his inventions. The inscription on the tablet reads as follows: