let it suffice to say that when it broke up , in the small hours of the morning , it had been unanimously resolved that as many thousands of men as mr. edison might require should be immediately placed at his disposal ; that as far as possible all the great manufacturing establishments of the country should be instantly transformed into factories where electrical ships and disintegrators could be built , and upon the suggestion of professor sylvanus p. thompson , the celebrated english electrical expert , seconded by lord kelvin , it was resolved that all the leading men of science in the world should place their services at the disposal of mr. edison in any capacity in which , in his judgment , they might be useful to him .