One needed great stamina and nerves to work with Edison. He never tired of hard work, and wanted his assistants to keep the same pace. Menlo Park was fast developing as the world’s first industrial research centre. The place had many specialist workers and to manage their activities was no small task.
The laboratory was the centre of all activity at Menlo Park, and though its working atmosphere was friendly, Edison was a tough taskmaster and expected his people to work very hard, just as he himself did. He kept on trying new ideas, and would ask his technicians to make odd pieces of equipment. Sometimes he got stuck on an invention. Then he would move to another project until the first problem had a solution. Edison always had a thick notebook in his pocket. While talking to someone, or while eating he would often stop to note down a thought, or to sketch a new gadget he had in mind. Edison preferred to work at night, going on till the break of dawn.
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