The test tube itself didn’t turn up until 1950 when it was cataloged in the Ford estate after Clara Ford’s passing, and then promptly lost again until 1978 when it was discovered, “in its cardboard mailing tube along with the hat and shoes under one of the display cases in an exhibit entitled, ‘Henry Ford—A Personal History’ in the Henry Ford Museum.”17 It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison’s Last Breath?”
There is a further mystery and irony of this ‘last breath’ test tube. It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison’s last breath.
Regardless of the hoopla18 over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning. Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a profound mutual respect and admiration. The test tube stands as a last gift of friendship, memory and inspiration from one inventor to another.
Vocabulary
1. un-electrified: 没有电气化的,没有供电的;meteoric: 一举成名的,迅速成功的;icon: 偶像,崇拜对象。
2. quadricycle: 四轮汽车,quandr是前缀,意为“四”。
3. prolific: 多产的。
4. slam sth. down: 猛地放下;self-contained: 自给的,独立自足的;power plant: 5. novel: 新奇的,新颖的。
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