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[Thomas Edison to Leo Baekeland: typescript letter.]

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[Thomas Edison to Leo Baekeland: typescript letter.]
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  • [Thomas Edison to Leo Baekeland: typescript letter.]
  • [Thomas Edison to Leo Baekeland: typescript letter.]

    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."
    sova.nmah.ac.0005_ref3048

    GUID

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84eee759a-fb86-4818-b376-ee073a26ac29

    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
    Leo H. Baekeland Papers / Series 3: Correspondence / 3.1: Personal correspondence / Edison Thomas A.

    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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    NMAH.AC.0005
    ACAH

    Record ID

    ebl-1560343810102-1560343810273-1

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