Object Details
Author
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Names
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944
Weston, Edward, Dr.(inventor)
Collection Creator
Baekeland, L. H. (Leo Hendrik), 1863-1944
Collection Citation
Leo Baekeland Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Typed on stationery with letterhead, "From the Laboratory / of / Thomas A. Edison, / Orange, N.Y." Edison writes to contest statements made by Baekeland about the efficiency of electrical dynamos built by Dr. Edward Weston, a competitor of Edison's. With Edison's signature and a handwritten postscript: "All this is well known to the Electrical [sic] / world and article is often quoted in / derision."
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Local Numbers
AC0005-0000036-1.tif (AC Scan: p. 1)
AC0005-0000036-2.tif (AC Scan, p. 2)
Topic
Electric generators
Dynamos
Author
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
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Leo H. Baekeland Papers
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Extent
2 Pages (Ink on paper., 11.1" x 8.4".)
Date
21 October 1924
Container
Box 9, Folder 3
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Pages
Signatures (names)
Letters (correspondence)
Typescripts
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Signatures (names)
Letters (correspondence) -- 1920-1930
Typescripts -- 1920-1930
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
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Record ID
ebl-1560343810102-1560343810273-1