“ One of the pieces of apparatus is a telescope that, to quote one man who had peered through, "brought New York so close it seemed you could reach out and touch the buildings."
⁠About the place is a circuit composed of a cable of several kinds of electric wires with vari-colored insulation to designate the circuit. Here and there are taps where the current can be diverted to instruments. ”

“ Edison's main laboratory, for the day in and day out work of what he calls his "insomnia squad." Sometimes they do not leave the building for days at a time, sleeping in beds provided for them.
⁠One person in close touch with the situation has said that Mr. Edison is especially interested in an invention by means of which the operator of his apparatus can see a great distance while the light itself is invisible from the point at which it is aimed. Mr. Edison said a short time ago that what was needed was something entirely new in warfare ”