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PART IV (1899-1910)
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1904. Battery, Storage - Foreign - Bergmann, Sigmund (D-04-05)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the patenting, manufacture, and marketing of Edison storage batteries in Germany. Most of the items are letters and telegrams exchanged by Edison and Sigmund Bergmann, a longtime Edison associate who, with the backing of the Deutsche Bank, formed the Deutsche Edison-Accumulatoren-Co. in November 1904.
Approximately 95 percent of the documents have been selected. The items not selected consist of a Bergmann letter regarding the battery jars of competitors; a letter from Edward H. Johnson in Berlin acknowledging his receipt of checks; a shipping receipt; and items that duplicate information in selected material.
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3.. Bergmann, Ksq. ,
1 h^rajjy authorize you
rou to initiate, oarry forward and
oonolude negotiations^ for the exploitation of the kdison Storage Battery in Germany, Auotria, anil Hungary on the following condi tlone: A German corporation will he organized with a capital of $750,000. which capital shall he subscribed for in cash at not lean than par and shall he paid in hy calls as needed for the equipment, mainten¬ ance and operation of a suitable factory or factories in any one or
more of said countries
a may ho naosssary.
hen said corporation
is organized arid its stock ouhsoi'lhod for, I will make a oontraot with said corporation, granting to the coma the sole and exolusive and non-assignable license under all of my storage battery patents in Germany, Austria and Hungary (per schedule A attached hereto) and applications for battery patents now pending in said countries (per sohedule B attached hereto) f and also \wder any patents or applica¬ tions in said oountries for improvements vhioh 1 may make on said '-^batteries within ten years from the date of said oontraot. The li¬ cense will also inolude patents in said countries made by any of my (/assistants on said battery which may be assigned to me. 1 will also transfer to the Compuny my license under German Patent Ho. 132,514
^which I nov? own. In consideration for Bald oontract, and license agreement, the company will pay me or my assigns a royalty of sixty oents (60 centa) payable quarterly, on each standard Edition cell of 18 plates, 24 pockets per plate, manufactured during the life of any of said patento and a correnponding royalty at the same rate per 18 ' plates on other Edison cells which said company may manufacture. Out of the actual earnings of the company, after the payment of said royalty, the stockholders shall ha paid a dividend of 6 per cent on the invested cash capital, and after the payment of said dividend any surplus earnings shall he distributed in the proportion of two- thirds ' ^to me or my assigns and one-third to the stockholders. After all of the patents shall have expired, as contemplated in said license agree¬ ment, the royalties shall cease, but the surplus earnings over and above 6 per cent on the oash capital shall continue to be distributed l/ as above provided. The company will agree not to increase its oapi- ■/'tal, nor to consolidate with or purchase any other company nor to sell l/Che said contract, nor impair it in any way, nor to purohaBe or manu¬ facture any other artiole than the Edison storuge battery, nor use its earnings for increasing the capacity of its plant, nor Shall It go into the business of ranting batteries, nor enter into any obliga¬ tions beyond its oapaolty to pay therefor from its cash capital, unless directly authorized to do so by myself or my assigns. The right to nominate and have elected two-fifths of the Board of Directors or Executive Members of said Company, shall be given to myself or my assigns so long ns the Company may exist. The Company will agree not
to sell Edison Batteries for export to any other country than Germany, Austria or Hungary, nor^to sell to persons, firms or corporations who do an exporting "business out of said countries, unlees with the (^express permission of myself or my assigns . I will agree that in the sale of any rights under the Edison "battery patents in other European countries to insert corresponding provisions in any license agreements, prohibiting exportation into Germany, Austria, or Hungary. ^Tha company will agree that in the event of any patent suit brought by or against the company, the conduct thereof shall be controlled by myself or ray assigns with such counsel as may be selected in collaboration with any counsel that the company may desire, and that the entire expense of such suits shall be assumed by the company.
S\ will agree to furnish at cost drawings of any improved raaohinery for manufacturing the batteries, which 1 may make during the existence flf said contract. Until suitable facilities are provided by the com¬ pany for manufacturing the active chemical materials neooosary for the battery, 1 will agree to furnish said chomioals to the oompany at a profit of 25 per cent over and above actual oost. At present 1 can furnish these active materials at about $1.30 for eaoh standard Edison 18-plate oell, but I believe that in a short time thiB figure oan be materially reduced. The contract in question will provide y'that there shall be an accoimtlng jwMxj profits annually, to be de¬ lta mined by public accountants^ and that the books of the company shall at any time be open to inspection by mo or- my assigns on reasons able notioe. Provision will also be made for a report to me of the business dona by the oompany onoe a month. Finally, there will be
the usual provision in the contract providing for its termination without prejudice to any claim which 1 or my asaignoomay have against the company, upon the failure of the company to carry out the terms and conditions thereof.
Since Mr. H.E. Dich has a general contract with me for the sexploitation of the Edison battery in Europe, 1 have secured helow his acceptance and conf innation of this letter.
Yours vary truly,
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1 have read the above letter in rhich Mr. Edison authorizes Mr. Bergmannto provide for the e^loitation of the Edison battery in Germany, Austria and Hungary, and consent to the Bama. So far as , Germany, Austria and Hungary are concerned, 1 withdraw in Mr. Berg- mann’a favor.
October 1, 1904,
S, Bergmann, Baa.,
Berlin, Germany.
Dear Sir:-
I figure out the profits which tho Go naan Company will in all probability make:
If the footory makes 300 cello (IS-plate) par day, costing wa will say - $6. per cell and selling for $10. which is the price we sell in Amarioa, the gross profit for one year of 300 days should be #360,000. Deducting the royalty of 60 cants per cell, amounting to #04,000. there remains #306,000. Deducting six per oent dividend to the stock¬ holders on the oapital which is #48,000. there 'remains #261,000. One-third of this amount going to German Company is #87 ,000. Therefore the gross profit to German Company is fi per cent Dividend #45,000.
Proportion surplus profit 87.000.
#132,000.
approximately 17-1/2 per oent on the stook. - In my opinion the proposed oapital is sufficient for a factory including chemical works for manufacturing 600 cells daily} in that case the surplus profits going to the German Com-
Dividend 6 per cent 045,000.
Proportion of surplus n rof i ta!74 .000 .
0219,000.
or approximately 29 per cent on the capital stock.
(Signed) Thomas A. Edison.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Orange, H.J.
My dear Edison,
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We arrived here all in good health and spirits and I started at once to go tfiethe Deutsche Bank and explain your contract letter.
They have agreed to everything exoept the clause for division of the surplus profitB, i.e. two-thirds to you and your associates and one-third to the stook holders. They want this divided half and half, and I have agreed to this. I am satisfied to saorifioe uy share and X telegraphed to Dick to drop his part of these surplus profits and take
Controllers and Resistances lor operating Cranes, Hoists and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current Motors.
Starting and Regulating Switches
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our chanoe on the 60 oents per cell. I have had no reply from Diok yet.
There is-one more little deviation from your oontraot whioh must he agreed to, that is there is no provision made for writing off a certain amount for depreciation an machinery, buildings, etc. which is here by law required; from 1 to 2 % on buildings and from 6 to 10 % on machinery and tools- Thin, of course, comes only out before the surplus profit. is paid and will not Interfere .with the 60
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
I have, with your permission, put gilmore on to the B°&rd> so you will be three and the bankers and some other high-class men will be five. The executive committee will consist of one Director of the Deutsche Bank, one from a Dresden Bank, my son-in-law, Mr. Psohorr, the President of my Company, a prominent corporation lawyer here in Berlin, Mr. Dirksen, and one or two more prominent men whom I have not deoided upon yet. They are all of high class standing and wealthy men. The stook will be subscribed at 110 and I have hard work to fight off my friends and business man for the subscription I have the amount already three times over subscribed.
It is proposed that a quarter of the capital should be paid now, which will last for 8 or 10 months to come. I will send you the details of agreement with the Deutsche Bank within the next few dajrs, and I am sure you will be very much pleased with what I have accomplished in such a short time.
The first stroke of good luck I had is to find a factory completely fitted out for our work. It is a defunct American machine shop, which was built here three or four years ago for the Garvin Maohine and Tool Co, of Hew York. This conoern busted before they started and this factory has been long idle and part of it rented for ever since. It is fitted, up with a 200 HP engine and dynamo, 220 volts with boiler, elevators, shafting electrically driven (which ny Company, by the way, furnished at the time), benches, offices, in faot as fine a faotory as could be, ooraplete for our purpose. A contract is promised to be signed next Monday. I am going to rent this whole faotory with all the land belonging to it, for five years at the price of j&4,000 per year. For the next few years I oan, if neoes-
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
sary, rent two floors to other people, which will hrlng our rent down to about #10,000. This i8 extraordinarily cheap and will save ub six months time in starting. So you see, everything is moving on very satisfactorily, and I only hope you are pushing on the epeoial maohines you are making and send me the balance of the drawings.
The batteries and separate different parts for the oells I received yesterday, and I got them through the customs house for 10 marks per 100 Kg, whioh is very oheap. But I am told that when I import complete batteries, suoh as I have ordered, they will cost M. 24 per 100 Kg, or #6 for 220 American pounds, but even that is not prohibitive.
Please tell Goddard to send me samples of raw material, especially sheet steel, so I oan get prices here on the same. I ordered some of this material, but they must have forgotten it. If I get this faotory I can no doubt start in by the lBt of December, and I wish you would send Rogers not later than the New year over here I will not keep him longer than you wish me to.
I had a oonferenoe with your Patent lawyer, Dr. Sell and he asked me to try to get a Jungner Battery as soon aB possible, as he has got every reason to believe that he is making batteries under your patents, if he makes any,. That would solve, he says, the patent question very quickly, if we oould prove that he is using your system and espeoially the acting material. I hope -p.^ean- get one of these cells before very long.
Please hurry the boys at Glen Ridge to send me some of the oomplete cells which I have ordered as soon as possible, and inorease that order from 500 to 1,000. You had better send me dif-
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
ferent sizes, tut use your own judgment about this.
Any points in explanation of the difference between your battery and lead batter;ieB you oan give me in your characteristic way will be very welcome. As you can imagine, the load battery crowd in not lying idle in ridiouling and running down your battery. The General Director of the Tutor in Hagen, Mr. Adolf MUller, whom you kno only lately told the directors of the Deutsche Bank and other banks that the Edison battery will never be invented. Well, they will talk different in a very short time.
Will you please push Lancing in Newark for my waggons, which I ordered? I would like to get these over here as soon as possible to start some of the waggon manufacturers to make some of hhese truoks. Later on we will perhaps make them ourselves.
If you think it advisable to order a large truok for heavy traction I wish you would find a good, practical one, and have one ordered for me.
When will the Studebaoker Runabout which I ordered be
sent?
By the way, the floor space of the factory which I intend to rent covers about between 6000 and 6000 square meters, whioh I think is big enough to make a thousand cells a day .
Please acknowledge this letter at once.
I am, with kind regards,
P-S. Please give mine and my family's best wishes to Mrs. Edii and the ohildren.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Bank, and they pointed out that one clausa navUoi? £igllt the patents and the Company to expenses for the same - is unusual and must he altered. X suffice sted +>m+ wo Should either divid^, you ^fd your as so elites !
Company here to pay half.
® think this nothing hut fair. If this
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aueh Sfvp,/0r fitting the patents to so and ■ 2^sajr ^ento twelve thousand Marks* and what goes heyond this you would have to 1 y°ur?elf- Please let me know tele¬ graph whether you consent to this paragraph.
in i. Things are moving along satisfac¬ tion^ £ wil1 send you a rectified con¬ tract, which as a whole compiles with your
T?6 are of minor im£r- ;
mynie-S t er °of a|ihe §gg 'in-lttea you in ■
\J /?ours very truly,
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BERGMflNN ELECTRICAL WORKS
Machin#IG>^rartment.
Continuous Current Generators
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation for Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and Transformers
for Single, Two andThreePhase Current. Controllers and Resistances
for operating Cranes, Hoists and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current Motors.
Starting and Regulating Switches
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Electric Ventilators Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans for Direct and Alternating Current.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange. N.J.
My dear Edison,
The contract has been signed for the renting of the factory, subject to buy, as per my letter ofOot, 26th.
The stock has been considerably over-subscrib ed at 110. The above I have already written you Oot. 28th.
I have telegraphed you the following:
"ShUl amount of atook Is subscribed at one htmdrsd tsn tieutsoho Bank has agreed to rmy* thing as stipulated in your letter with the following exceptions, glrstly; the cost of patent suits, it being not customary that Company should bear any expenses. I have agreed subject to your approval that suoh expenses be divided half and half. Seoond: German law stipulates that after the first year members for executive committee are elected by stockholders in yearly meeting. You and your people will of course always be elected as long as we control fifty one per cent of stock. Third : after paying sixty oents royalty
BERQMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison , Esq.,
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per cell and six per cent to stockholders the surplus profit must he divided half to Edison and half to company, division as proposed hy you considered prohibitive according to German banking laws. X will agree to waive my share if necessary. Fourth: German law further stipulates that after paying first royalty (which is sixty centB per cell in your case) an amount of not less than five per cent and not more than ten per cent must be put in reserve fund out of profit every year before stockholders can receive their six per cent and before surplus can be divided as per contract, such reserve fund however being limited , to ten per cent of amount of full capital. Fifth: Sworn public accountants are appointed here by the courts according to law and individuals interested in company o an net nppoiat agrae* to. all thee* unavoidable
point* subject to your approval bo eoblo your aceeptanoo.
I further advlee Bending contract and power of attorney with Dyer for new company here** whichTIethinkcyau understand thoroughly.
The Deutsche Bank looked upon the proposed contract as a whole very favourably, and are ready to start the Company at once with the above modifications. They pointed out that, firstly, your fighting the patents, attending to lawsuits at an unlimited expense ajifr the Company to pay for it, is unusual, and no financial institution could agree to this.
I then have agreed, subject, of course, to your approval, that the expenses of fighting the patents and protecting our salved against
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
others could probably be divided half and half, or have the expenses limited to a reasonable amount, and what it costs over and above, that you and your associates will have to stand. This request is only fair, and I hope that you will accede to it.
Second: You have a paragraph in your letter that you will
have "the right to nominate and have elected two-fifths of the Board of Directors or executive members of said Company" • This is against German law, as the executive members (or Aufsichtsrat) are elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting and the executive members appoint the managers or directors of the Company- I pointed this out, if you remember, while X was over there.
They also pointed out that the surplus profit must be divided half and half. As it will, in my estimation, take a oouple of years any¬ how to talk about surplus profits, X have agreed to this, and am willing to saerifiM ty share^ohatowsr 4* asy %oc vut r«*jr upon your doing what to right to ms Aon the business is profitable*
I have telegraphed Dlok on this subject, and he answers that as his proportion Is the smallest he will put himself in my hands.
Furthermore, German law stipulates that after everything, includ¬ ing general expenses Is paid (and your 60 cents per cell royalty would come dpder "general expense") an amount of not less than 5 and no more than 10 % must he put in a reserve fund, before profits are divided to the stockholders and the patentee. Such reservation is however, limited to 10 % of the capital stock. Of course this is the law, and X have agreed to it.
Regarding public aocountants to be appointed by you, they cannot be appointed by anybody except by the Courts who have suoh sworn
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq,,
public accountants who must go through the books at least once a year and Inalso had to agree to this.
I have signed contract to rent the factory, which is big enough to employ at least 600 people, with a big lot of land’-' attached to it, for fire years, with the privilege of another fire years if we do not want to buy the property. I have also an option to buy the property at a stipulated price within two years from the first of January next. This factory, as I have written you before, is just fitted up for our purpose, as good as it could possibly be.
It is a six-storly building, and basement, of which one floor is rented at a price of about 03,000 per year. The building is about 175 ft. long and 80 ft. wide. Everything is bran new, has one passenger elevator and one freight elevator; platform scales for weighing coal and material; an extra one-otorey building attached to it which ifjiboj;* so * no J tb«v« n*p*urmfo batfitpe ftr engines and boilers tor at present 800 HP, and room and everything laid out tor another boiler end another £00 HP engine and dynamo.
There are two lines of shafting running through eaoh floor which are direct driven by eleotrio motors; shipping room, pattern rooms, in faot everything as oomplete as money and brains can make it- This factory was built in 1900 to build Garvin Machinery.
You no doubt know the Garvin Machine Co. in New York. The factory was only running for about a year and a half, and has been standing still ever since. Getting this factory at the price I have is the first stroke of good luck in our new enterprise. There is about 4 acres of land attached, which will be plenty big enough if we should want to build a chemical factory later on.
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Es<i.»
Now this is all very good newB .
Now Edison, please hurry up and get me over some of the batteries which I haveoordered, and hurry up the machines for perforating and electric welting.. Also send me the balance of the drawings and all other details.
I have had some talk with the City officials, and one of the right hand men of the Mayor of Berlin told me that the City iB contemplating starting an electric omnibus system in opposition to the electric tramcars which are commencing to be a hindrance and an annoyance in the streets of Berlin. So you see things are coming already our way. I have had the batteries which I brought with me charged, and I find the small 18-plate cell gives as much as the former 27 plate one. This is exactly what you told me the new battery would do.
Please also hurry up the details and drawings for the nlolfl »4aUa» plant, A i W 4: .
I have heard through the newspapers that you haws not been well, and
laid up. Is there any truth in this? X sincerely hope you keep your promise tovme( SAi take a little more oare of yourself, and take it a little easier^ So far as our new enterprise here is concerned, you need not wprry. I axa sure that I can give you good news right along .
I take this opportunity of thanking you for the confidence you have shown to me, and for the chance you are giving me to make some money for you and nyself again, with Borne of your Enterprises. I will do all I can to show myself worthy of the trust you put in me, Hoping to hear from you soon, 1 am, with best wishes.
' You^rVe^jc truly,
j/w-ues^'V't-v
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BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS
Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors with Wide Range Speed Regulation for Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
lor all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and Transformers
forSingle.TwoandThreePhase Current. Controllers and Resistances for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current Motors.
Starting and Regulating Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current Motors and Generators.
Electric Ventilators Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans for Direct and Alternating Current.
"Banka agree to everything aa per your telegram name of oompany now being formed to he Deutsche Edison Acoumulatoren Gesellschaft" whioh I hope is satisfactory.
The Banka have finally agreed to your demand for dividing the surplus profite two thirds to you and one third to the Company. The executive Committee will he as I have stated in ny letter of the 31st ult.
The • BSuj&ib? vthe Capital is to be paid in as d'H.
soon ae the Company is organized. After November 12th the Company will he formed and everything will he ready to go ahead. Ae soon as X get machinery from Amerioa X am fitting up the shop whioh X have rented for five years with privilege to rent for another five yeare, for the price of #15,000 per year. The shop is big enough to employ from 600 ■to 800 hands, with privilege to sublet what we do not want. I have also the privilege of buying the whole factory, with between 3 and 4 acres of land attached for a certain Bum which will bs stipulated hereafter. This is a very good stroke I made as it will save,. ub a 16t of time and work, as I have explained to
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
- you in my last letter.
I have subscribed for you MO, OOO of stock at the same price as the other* tV ft? ‘it, »»* I will hold this for you for say, a year aai a ^l^ and you can take it off my hands then if you . like!, at the price it cost.
Now, as I am ready to start in with good force, you must assist me by sending drawings, specifications, etc, for making special machinery and tools at once, and I am sure if everything goes fairly right, we can turn out batteries here by the first of April or May .
■When will I get some more complete batteries? Don't send any more wooden trays along as I am going to have theBe made here. Please tell the folks at Glen Ridge they must find a different method of packing the batteries. Quite some came here short-circuit¬ ed because they were crushed and the oan has been bent in and the pressure
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The round offset on the oan outside is crushed in on ac¬ count of its own weight, and the wooden strap from the tray pressed against it. So it shows the batteries must be packed separate, and not packed into the trays.
Regarding that black varnish which they have put on, the same seems to come off very easily, and the batteries have lost their good appearance on acoount of. that. I am sending you some compound
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
which X have tried and I think It suits the purpose; the alkali doei not touch it, and It stick* to the can very well. This stuff is simply melted and — .ChFpM a, little and dipped into it. The
enclosed samples of eteel'etrlps are covered with this oompound.
I am sending you by extra post ten pounds of thiB stuff. Simply have it melted and dip the cans. The stuff is very cheap, it oosts about $25 a ton. It comes from the Standard Oil Cp. in America.
I am using this for impregnating my paper .tube yhich«I;*am»manufac- turing in large^q^antd/t;f^^,W*^
I am buying this stuff from a Mr. Livingstone; his addresi y Julius Livingstone ,
Bound Brook, N.J. ^
*lfam buying thousands of barrels of this stuff from.him everyyear ,
BO pleas e^'do vn. r n i sh or lea von Bond.
jy^J^th^next^'ba't't'erieB you send.
■When will I get the eleotrio welting and perforating Maohinea which I ordered when I was over there? All the rest, of
course, X will have ta sales tqrsslf Mrs#
Hoping to hear from you at an early date, I am,
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BERLIN, n . 17.th Mot. 1904 .
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Machine Department.
Thos. A. Edison, EBq. , Orange. H.J.
Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving. Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation for Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and Transformers
forSingle, Two andThreePhase Current.
Controllers and Resistances for operating Cranes, Hoists and Lifts • with Direct and Alternating Current Motors.
Starting and Regulating Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current Motors and Generators.
Electric Ventilators Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans for Direct and Alternating Current.
% dear Edison,
Enclosed please find letter from the Deutsche Bank, whioh is now going conform! to your letter of Sept. 30th and your cablegram, copy of which is also enclosed.
Everything has been agreed upon. The name of the Company is to be the "Deutsche Edison Aecumulatoren Company" .
The Deutsche Bank agree to subscribe 2 mil¬ lions of the capital, and one million I have had subscribed through other individuals who are intereB ted in electric traction, Buch as automobile truck and waggon builders, electric motor boat builders, and also electric central station people and manufac turers.; and 25 % of the capital is to be paid in at once .
Tbe Company is to be organized atoonoe, and as I have written you before, I am fitting up the factory which I have rented.
Please write me immediately that you are going conform with us, and make out your contract
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
with the Deutsche Edison Accumulatoren Company, we presume the name is satisfactory to you.
X am awaiting further drawings and specifications from you. To make this a success, you must help me all you can. Be sure to send Rogers over not later than the middle of January. Also send me some of the batteries at once, which I ordered while I was over there: and it is absolutely essential that you and your people at Glen Ridge are in touch with me here, and give me the benefit of your advice and improvements you are making while I am fitting up and getting ready to manufacture.
I must insist upon my letters being given prompt attention. I have had no answer yet to any of my letters to you, outside of your cablegram. _
Regarding starting other Companies, I would advise you not to be hasty, as if you wait another six months, I am sure you can dictate your own terms, as I think that I can make these hatteries for considerably less money than what it costs you now. I wish you would send me a list of prices you are now paying for raw material, such as steel, hard rubber parts, etc., so X can make comparisons with • the prices I am getting here.
Ami ting an early reply, I am,
1 Rrours very truly,
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I wish you would cable me on receipt of this that everything is . ( satisfactory,.
[ENCLOSURE]
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Berlin, November 15th, 1904.
Confidential.
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
Berlin, F.
Dear Sir:
We are in receipt of the letter of September 30th in which Hr. Thom as A. Edison has undertaken the obligation towards you to transfer, under certain conditions, the exploitation of his stor¬ age battery patents upon a German corporation to be organized for this purpose. In pursuance of the conferences held between us you have been communicating with Mr. Thomas A. Edison in order to have some points of this agreement modified, as per copies of cables enclosed.
In our last conference there has been reached an under¬ standing on the basis that we expressed our readiness to take inter¬ est in the organization of the new Company after your having con¬ firmed to us that Mr . Thomas A. Edison has ^agreed to the following modifications of his letter above referred to.''**'
!•) 1116 expenses. of any lawsuits or other legal proceedigs
brought by or against the company and involving the right of the Company to exploit the patents before said, are to be equally divided between the Company and Mr. Thomas A. Edison.
2.) We are glad to learn that Mr. Thomas A. Edison is disposed to join the Board of the new Company, and it has been agreed upon that besides Mr. Thomas A. Edison, one or two of his representatives and the following gentlemen will constitute the Board:
[ENCLOSURE]
Kommerzienrat Rud.Koch, Director of the Deutsche Sank, as Chairman,
Thomas A. Edison,
One or two of his representatives which he will designate, S. Bergmann of Berlin,
Justizrat Th.Dirksen of Berlin,
Geheimrat Th.Kenz, Banker of Dresden,
Joseph Pschorr of Munich,
George S. Runk,
Eritz G Anther, Director of the Allgemeine Deutsche Credit-Anstalt, Dresden.
3. ) We note with regret that Mr. Thomas A. Edison declines to reduce his participation in the surplus earnings over and above
dividend paid to the shareholders to a proportion less than tv/o- thirds, but, nevertheless, agree to this.
4. ) We note Mr. Thomas A. Edison's approval of a proportion
of the yearly net earnings up to ten per cent, to be determined by the Board of Directors, being put in reservejbefore ascertaining the distributable surplus earnings. ° '
5. ) In view of the essential interest Mr. Thomas A. Edison will have in the Company and its earnings, we do not hesitate to allow him to have the books and accounts of the Company examined by chartered accountants (Vereidete BAcherrevisoren) . Since there is a perfect understanding between us on all these points, please confirm to us that you are ready, immediately after the organiza¬ tion of the Company to nominate the same to Mr. Thomas A. Edison as being the corporation with which he is bound to make a
contract
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with the object of exploiting and manufacturing under his patents for Storage Batteries in Germany, Austria, Hungary according to the letter of September 30th 1904 and modifications thereof as stated above .
Awaiting your confirmation we repeat our willingness not only to use our best efforts to assists you in organizing the new Company, but also to subscribe up to 2.000.000 Marks out of the cap¬ ital of 3.000.000 Marks, if authorized.
Wo; are
Dear Sir,
Yours respectfully,
DEUTSCHE BA1TK
Referring to the enclosed clipping, which Has just come to our notice, will you kindly advise us as to th& correctness of the item, giving us, if possible, any further particulars that will enable us to refer to the matter
•PLEASE RETURN THE CLIPPING TO US WITH YOUR CORRECTIONS.
Thanking you in advance for the attention you may give to this inquiry, we remain,
Yours very truly.
Editor THE IRON AGE.
WE GO TO PRESS WEDNESDAY NOON.
NOTE.
AS y6u Will elou'itlaso requlro new maohlno {66ls aHtl 6iliBi: m.ieliinary equipment, Inolutllncr fctljjiiiye illUl lioilera, will you kin 'ly state your |:(-:n:n:uiuenla |q (his respect, specifying the va.-tcur. "'fluh.lnog. qtQ., required?
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BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
BERLIN, #2nd ...Not ... .190.4 .
Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation lor Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters.
Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
lay dear Edison,
In reply to yours of November 8th, I am glad that I shall get the Lans^en delivery wagon pretty soon. Of course it has got to be completely fitted up with batteries. I also note what you say regarding the big delivery wagon, and I shall be .1 pleased to get prices and photographs for the same.
Regarding the leakage of the welded cans,
I have found the same trouble with the batteries I brought along and I am sure you have got over this difficulty by this time.
Starting and Regulating
Electric Ventilators Exhausters
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans
18-plate eellB and 100 27-plate cells.
Several new wagons, carriages and delivery wagons have been -ordered hare by very prominent - electrical vehicle manufacturer of which 1 send you a catalogue. I have inspected these wagons and they are very well and practically constructed.
They have got all their experience from the lead batteries, of course. What I like about these *
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
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machine and not like a wagon in general. At the beginning of February there is an Automobile Exposition here in Berlin, and I want to have several of these wagons exhibited with your battery, so be sure that you ship a couple of hundred by the Hew Yeaf. The new cells which I brought with me are simply excellent, and. far' superior to the old ones.
One thing, please let me know, is it necessary that the cans themselves be nickelplated? We have got a varnish of which I am sending you a sample can. This varnish is not touched by the potash and prevents the oan absolutely from rusting from the outside. The iron for the cans I intend to use is the same as we are using for our motor armatures. This iron is very smooth, has no crust, and is well pickled, and therefore can easily be plated if necessary.
The machinery I ordered while I was in America is on its way here now, and I can start running by the middle of December. Therefore please hurry all the drawings alopg as much as possible.
I expect you will send Rogers over here the end of January or beginning of February as you promised. Would it not be a good idea to send Hafn over for a while?
Dyer has just arrived and Iaam going to meet him tomorrow.
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BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS
23-32 OUDENARDER STR.
. 28th Nov. 1904
Machine'^epartment.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.j.
Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving. MJt.dear Edison,
Special Motors with Wide Range Speed Regulation for Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and Transformers
forSingle, Two andThreePhase Current. Controllers and Resistances
for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current Motors.
Starting and Regulating Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current Motors and Generators.
Electric Ventilators Exhausters
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
Enclosed please find figures for charging your battery and running the waggon. These are rough figures from our own observation here on practically level streets with asphalt and very good pavements. Please go over these figures and mate the necessary corrections according to your experience and oblige.
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Continuous Current Generators and Motors
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I am sending you by post today a lacquer which we have found here in the market, and which is alkali proof. This stuff costs about 20 cents a Kg. Please try this and if it is satisfactory, I will send you a larger quantity. We find, it here
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Controllers and Resistances for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lifts
Starting and Regulating Switches
Electric Ventilators Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers , Ventilating Fans
I am also sending you a new top for the cells. I have combined the two valveB into one, and I think you will find this an improvement, besides it makes the top cheaper and gives us more room for the small cells. All the tools can he used. which you have without any alterations necessary.
I have shown this to Dyer and perhaps he will, use ,' this new valve with the patent which you are taking ;out now on the valve. After examining this new top carefully, please let me know whetner you are' satis¬ fied with this alteration, and whether I can go' ahead
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BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
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There is now quite some agitation in the technical and daily newspapers regarding your accumulator, since it has been made public that we are going to start in manufacturing and selling your new batteries. Of course the Jungner group are not lying idle, and make some quite broad claims. Dyer will no doubt write you the details of these different controversies. Of course it does not affect me, only to that extent that I have to explain to the banks what these patents are and what they amount to.
I expect to be ready with the tools to go ahead and make some cells within about two months from January 1st, so be sure that you will have a certain quantity of active material made for me. I must have some of the active material here not later than March 1st.
In your last letter I have carefully noted what you say regarding the leaks on the electrically welded cans. All these little things, as I have written you before, do not bother me at all, as I know we will overcome these without any trouble. The more I look into this battery the more i am encouraged, and I am sure we will make a fine business out of it.
Please send me one of these pressed and drawn cans which you showed me while I was over there. I need this for reference, as the Hagen Accumulator Co. have taken out a design patent on drawing a can out of steel for an alkali battery. I know very well that it is no child's play to draw one of these cans out of this thin material, and almost impossible to make a marketable art i ole.
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Jfy man who has been working over at your factory is going to arrive here within the next few days, and we will in a very short time make the wool fly and show our friends over here that we are really in earnest in turning out your hatter#. I will keep you closely posted on the progress I am making from time to time .
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Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors with Wide Range Speed Regulation lor Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
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for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current
Starting and Regulating Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current Motors and Generators.
Electric Ventilators Exhausters
High Pressure .Blowers Ventilating Fans for Direct and Alternating Current.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Orange, N.J.
By dear Edison,
Thanks for the prompt answers to . my letters. I have noticed in yours of ITovember 29th that ypu are hard at work to solve the welting can ■business, and also to find out why the batteries made within the last few months gradually lose their capacity, and 1 am sure that you will by this time have gone to the bottom of these problems.
I can wait another few weeks before you send me some cells. If I can get cells shipped from over there by the 1st of February, I will be satisfied, even if they are not quite up to your expectati ons .
I am getting a waggon built for 60 27-plate cells and with this waggon I can run, sure, 175 kilometers with one charge . As I will not be ready, by the time I get this waggon, to build up batteries here, I wish you would send me about 75 to , 100 cells of the 27-plate type . The cells I have I am using for some of my other waggons, and I want bran new battery put Into that new waggon,
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Thomas A. Edison, ]
which is going to be at the Automobile Exposition here in Berlin in February, and even if I don't run the waggon at that time, I want to show your battery \yith this waggon.
As soon as you have the welting machines finished, have them sent at once. 1 am anxious to know what progress you are making with the plating system for., the cans, and am anxious to see a few samples of the same. I also note what you say about the Ians on delivery waggon. n0 not have him send this waggon until it is perfect, as it does not make much difference now waiting a few weeks longer.
mrs tfery ;truly,
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Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling end Belt Driving.
Special Motors with Wide Ronge Speed Regulation lor Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calenders and Paper Machines. Molor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and Transformers
forSlngle,TwoandThreePhase Current.
Controllers and Resistances for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current
Starting and Regulating Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current
Motors 1
id Generators.
My dear Edison,
£ v/ired you to-day as follows: R "Send all porcelain parts for plating machine"
I should find it a great help if you would Bend me the porcelain parts, brackets, collars, etc. as we would have to make special moulds here for all these different piece, b.
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Electric Ventilators Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
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FULGURA-BERLIN
-JgSSR- BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS
Machine Department. Thomas A. Edison, EBq., — =c£3= — Orange, II. J.
Continuous Current Generators and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation for Driving Rotary Printing Presses, Cranes, Lifts, Calanders and Paper Machines. Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters. Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and Transformers
lorSIngle, Two andThreePhase Current. Controllers and Resistances for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lifts with Direct and Alternating Current Motors.
Starting and Regulating Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current Motors and Generators.
Electric Ventilators Exhausters
High Pressure Blowers Ventilating Fans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
My dear Edison,
I have received your cablegram, letting me know the arrangements X have made with the Deutsche Bank regarding the Deutsche Edison Accumulatoren Company are satisfactory and you have no doubt by this time made a contract with this con¬ cern according to your letter to me.
I am hard at work getting the special tools and machinery made. ITiske, the tool maker who has been. working at Glen Bidge, has arrived here, and I am sure it has been a great advantage that my man has been for some time over at Glen Ridge . He has acquainted me with a few shortcomings of your manufacturing plant , and X shall take great care not to make the same mistakes as your people made.
I have hired Professor Eorster, whom you remember has made those thorough reports^ on your battery, at a retainer of ^800 per year. He is an authority on electro-chemistry and is fully acquain¬ ted with your battery, so if any patent questions come up, or any other unforeseen difficulties, he
BERGM'ANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
is at my command. Another reason why I tied this man up to our Com¬ pany here is so that the opposition cannot get hold of him, as he is the only one so far that knows all the weak and strong points about the battery. I have opoken to Dyer about this and he advised me very strongly to hire him.
Since Dyer has been here, our patent lawyer, Br. Sell and myself have been very much encouraged on the patent question. This Jungner group are making desperate efforts, trying to handioap us & prevent us here manufacturing and introducing your battery. They have come out in the newspapers with all sorts of wild c^tstories and lies, regarding the novelty and validity of your battery? Well, they will talk different in about 6 or 8 months from now. If everything goes well, and according to ny calculations, and if you assist me. I shall be able to turn out some good batteries by the 1st of May.
Be sure to send me all the drawings necessary, also such special iron and brass oastings as you think will help me to get started. , .
The machinery I have ordered in America has partly arrived, and we will start soon to set it up, so that I can have the machine shop running about the middle of January. I am positive that we will sell all the batteries we can make for years to come at a good price.
Please send me some active material by the middle of February as I think by that time we will be far enough advanced with the pocket tools to try filling some of them.
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All of the oapital to he subscribed In cash at par and to be paid IB by calls as the equipping of : the Eaotory proceeds.
Edison is to enter into a perpetual contract giving said I
company /the sole and exclusive license under all his battery patents for the German Empire and all patents for improvements 'whiohv.hle may make- for light- years aftor tho gacUll’y ~TB"lh upe-ratiom
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After the patents .have expired, the royalties shall cease, but half of the^arningB shall nevertheless continue inasfinrrfftwly.
Tho Company is not to inorodBe its oapital, consolidate
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withs.or purchase^ any other Company or purchase or manufacture any other article than tho Edison battery, or use its earnings for InoroaB-l: ing the capacity of its plant, neither shall it go into the renting of batteries, or make any commitments beyond its capacity to pay therefor from its cash capital without the consent 'of the patentee.
The patentee is to' have the right to nominate and have e- lected two fifths of the Board of Directors, h/
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Profit $2,60 par oell, 312 days. Total $234,000.00, deduct $56,160.00 royalty leaves §177, 840.00, 6^ on Capital deducted $30,000 leaves $147,840.00, l/2 of this going to oapitol gives $73,920, this added to the $30,000 givos capital $103,920.00 or about Z0?> divi¬ dend. on capital. This leaves Inventor $130,080.00.
On the basis of paying l/2 the earnings above the 6% to ob¬ tain the cash, and promote the Company, this l/2 would come out of Dicks proportion, leaving Edison $102,000 and Dick §28,000.00 yearly; deduct proportion of patent expenses for Germany, etc. I. W. A. would probably get §8,760.00 yearly, .
If the Caoh/gots 0% and l/3 of profit instead of half, then Cash gets $30,000 and §49,280.00, total $79,280.00 or 16,l/2^ dividend, leaving $154,720.00 to inventor, of this $49,280.00 is paid for pratgrdrrmx promotion, giving Edison $102,000, Diok $52,720. yearly.
1904. Edison, T.A. - General (D-04-06)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to a variety of subjects. Included are documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the main subject categories in the Document File. Among the items for 1904 are letters from longtime Edison associates Sigmund Bergmann, William J. Hammer, Edward H. Johnson, Arthur E. Kennelly, Thomas C. Martin, and Josiah C. Reiff. One letter from Hammer encloses correspondence from Francis Jehl and Etienne de Fodor. Also included are letters by Herman E. Dick, William E. Gilmore, Miller Reese Hutchison, and Elihu Thomson. Other items pertain to experimental work on wax compounds for phonograph records, legal work by Frank L. Dyer on behalf of the Edison companies, and a personal loan made by Edison to Willis N. Stewart.
All of the documents have been selected except for duplicates.
* \yiLUAM J [-JAMMER,
* CONSULTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, '
1406 HAVEMEYER BUILDING,
26 CORTLANDT STREET,
NE W YORE, ilanuary ■■■&,■ . 190 4,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. j.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of December 31st received. I note that Messrs. Williams, Brown & Earle, of Philadelphia have sent you a second Spinthariscope, and that it does not give scintillations , no matter how adjusted. Please return this at once and call atten¬ tion to the fact that Mr. Hammer took the Spinthariscope with him and paid for it.
I saw one of the members of the firm, I think it was Mr. Earle, and being anxious to secure an excellent Spinthariscope for Mr. Edison I finally urged him to let me examine his stock my¬ self, and spent an hour looking over the two dozen which he had, and picked out one which I brought ;on and handed Mr. Edison personally. I think altogether it. took me three hours to get this Spinthariscope for Mr. Edison, but decided to give it my personal attention rather than to send them the order, as I feared he might not get a 'satisfac¬ tory specimen, and was anxious that he should.
My judgment in the matter is supported by the fact that you have just received one that is not at all satisfactory.
If you will return this second one to the firm and state the circumstances though, there will be no further trouble.
I presume the original memorandum which I gave them
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was not destroyed when I. told them i would take one with me, and nay for it myself, and this led to their sending the second one. Very truly yours,
WILLIAMS, BROWN & EARLE
Importers and Manufactui
. . Educutioual Lauteriiifaiid Projtctioi
Stereopticons, Slides and Projection „«* Micro, co^p.paralu‘ Apparatus, Microscopical, LoniVrns"we7"
X-Ray and Laboratory Supplies Bnd Pilail
. Geological and Botatiicul Supplies
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Replying to youp^of the 31st regarding the Spinthari¬ scope which we sent you we beg tjb say that Mr. w/.J. Hammer called here some days ago, and stated that he wished to select a Spinthariscope for you. We slewed him our stock, Und he selected from it the best of the lot, wtiich he remarked . at ’the time was the best he had ever seen. He instructed us to send this to yuu with his name marked on it and he, would eajia'ain to you about it • when he saw you.. We regret very much to learn that the instrum- ' ent is not in good condition and if you- will return it we/:will carefully replace it with another. We believe Mr. Hammer can explain to you why he sent it, as he gave us no other explanation. It is possible that the little piece of radium has become disiodgec in transportation which may be the reason for the difficulty frith
Very truly yours , .
Williams , Brown &■
WILLIAMS, BROWN & EARLE
Departments
. Engineering Instnjme Supplies
. Spectacles, Eye Glas
. Photographic Sup*'i;«'
. Photo Di
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developing and Print- . -line Prints fo. 5. Stereopticon and Projection
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U: Scientific Noveltie^AP*mr0tU9 o. 9. Blank Books, Stntionc
Importers and Manufacturers of Specialties
The llrigh Education
Stereopticons, Slides and Projection neck Microscope Apparatus, Microscopical,
liite Light anterns and Project Apparatus
- — Microscopes Lantern Slides X-Ray Apparatus
X-Ray and Laboratory Supplies MtiLag0p7ciur?PM"hine.andFiin,.
Geological and Botanical Supplies .Sole Agents for Keufiel & Efl —
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Dear Sir,
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and we ' therefore did not send a hill for We trust thatjT" if the instrument is not satisfactory, that you will return it and let us send you another one as we have a large stock and can send you one without difficulty.
Philadelphia,
fUhe 15th regarding the Spii
Hammer paid for the Spinthariscope when, -he was here.
Very truly yours.
William?, Brown & Earl!
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[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
Ctusost Jfletial 'Stss'ociatioH
Dear Sir:
In view of , the fact that the year 1904 marks the twenty-fifth anni¬ versary of the successful .introduction and commercial development of the incandescent lamp, it is deemed appropriate to celebrate so significant an occasion. The friends and associates of Thomas Alva Edison, the pioneer with whose work this great event in electrical history is so closely identified, desire, therefore, to pay him some timely tribute in recognition of what he has thus contributed, as well as in other respects by notable inventions and J*y un remising effort, to the advance of electrical science, application and industry. No other twenty-five years in history have equaled this period in the benefits bestowed on mankind by the electrical arts, or in the profitable employment given to capital and labor.
The means proposed for signalizing the anniversary are the foundation and endowment of an Edison Medal, whose award shall stimulate the ambitions and energies of young men proposing to devote themselves to electrical careers'. It is intended that this medal shall go each year to that student in electrical engineering whose thesis or recorded research shall be deemed most worthy of honor.
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers has agreed to act as the Trustee for this medal, and the plan is to have the various colleges and universities of the United States and Canada in which the degree of electrical engineering is given, select in each instance the best thesis pre¬ sented by their respective graduates for the year, which thesis shall be sent to the proper committee of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers ; and that committee will make the final selection. The governing conditions will be announced later and will be embodied in the deed of gift. Not only will the name of Edison be appropriately distinguished, but a decided incentive will be given to the young engineer towards original effort.
It is proposed to raise the sum of, say, approximately $7000, of which $5000 will represent the principal, the interest on which shall be applied to this purpose annually. It is expected that those who are invited to subscribe will do so in sums ranging from ? 10.00 or less, up to such amounts as are in accordance with the sentiments of the contributor, and his desire to accomplish the admirable purpose and object in view, as representative of a great period of development in which he has played
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You are requested to send your subscription at once to Frank S. Hastings, treasurer, 80 Broadway, New York, N. Y. You are also requested to forward to any member of the executive' or general committee the names of any gentlemen whom you consider entitled to an invitation to contribute to the Fund. It is proposed to present this medaf fund to the Institute, as the trustee, with the names of the1 contributors, at the annual dinner of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, with Mr. Edison as a guest of honor, February if, 1904, and it is therefore
proposed that subscriptions shall be closed February 1st.
Samuel Insull, Chairman -
Edison Building, Chicago, III,
I Charles Batchelor, Vice-Chairman
■ < 33 West 25th Street, New York, N. Y.
.•.•I, Frank S. Hastings, Treasurer
So Broadway, New' York, N. Y.
I ■ Robert T. ;E. Lozier, Secretary
77+. Ridgeway Avc., Cincinnati, Ohio and aao Broadway, New Y<jrit, N. Y.
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William S. Andrev Charles Batchelor Sig. Bergmann
R. R. Bowker Charles A. Coffin Richard N. Dyer
S. B. Eaton Charles L. Edgar
E. G. Acheson
J. W. Aylsworth C. S. Bradley C. F. Brackett J. I. Beggs A. S. Bevis
H. P. Ball W. S. Barstow
E. T. Birdsall W. S. Brewster C. A. Benton H. M. Byllcsby
T. Beran Spencer Borden J. A. Burke
L. R. Boehm W. G. Bushncll
F. N. Boyer Joseph Casho
J, C. Chamberlain Hon. G. Colombo F. E.‘ Chinnock
O. T. Crosby Will Carman Geo. Carman C. E. Chinnock Louis Duncan
P. S. Dyer Alex. Dow Steven Douglas
(ifciccutiuc Committer
William E. Gilmoi William J. Hammt Charles T. Hughs
Samuel Insult Edward H. Johnso Francis Jelil Arthur E. Kcnncll]
J. W. Licb, Jr.
H. Ward Leonard Robert H. E. Lozier Eugene H. Lewis
J. P. Ord E. Rathenau Phillip Scubcl Frank J. Sprague
VY. o. Mallory E. Thurnauer
T. Commerford Martin S. S. Wheeler J. Pierpont Morgan Francis R. Upton
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C. L. Eidlitz Chas. Esterbrook R. A. Fessenden L. A. Ferguson C. j. Field T. H. Foote Chas. Flammcr George Grower E. T. Greenfield P. G. Gossler Col. Gouraud Joseph Hutchinson A. B. Herrick W. S. Howell J. W. Howell J. C. Henderson E. W. Hammer W. Preston Hix E. Randolph Hix
J. S. Humbird
K. Iwadarc W. J. Jenks J. W. Kellogg P. Klein Chas. Klein Paul Krucsi
J. C. Kalisch C. G. Y. King August H. Krucsi E. H. Kittle John Langton
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G. A. Lieb M. F. Moore
F. J. McLaughlin J. B. McCall W. D. Marks
E. W. Mix
D. McF. Moore W. H. Meadoweroft
Otto A. Moses
F. L. Marr
Wm. D. MacQucston C. P. Mott S. D. Mott J. A. McKenzie Geo. Moseman John Noble
F. Nicholls Augustus Noll Fred Ott Charles T. Porter Sydney B. Paine A. D. Page
H. F. Parshall
G. F. Peabody Chas. A. Peabody
H. C. Pattison H. N. Powers C. J. Reed
J. F. Randolph Gardiner C. Sims
H. Stephenson P. B. Shaw F. Schcfflcr Daniel Spruancc F. Saxelby F. S. Smithers C. H. SpofFord E. A. Stevenson Chas. D. Shain J. H. Tyler A. O. Tate Spencer Trask W. B. Turner H. McK. Twombly N. Tesla Albert Taylor Oswald G. Villard J. Van Vleck J. H. Vail J. Verity
J. G. White H. E. Walter Montgomery Waddell Chas. Wirt Chas. Wurth Joseph Wctzler Peter Weber A. K. Warren
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Johnson-Lundell Motor Car System.
That mechanical power is about to supersede the Horse upon the untracked, as it has upon the tracked roadway, is no longer a debatable question; the query is, as to which of the many competing forms of mechanical power will survive. Will it be Gas, Oil, Air, Steam or kindred power ? Or will it be that apparently omnipotent force, Electricity ?
While the answer to this query is, perhaps, as yet only being indicated in this country, we claim that in America, that land of fjuick practical selection, it has already been
definitely given ; that the Young Electrical Giant has won in this Contest _ with the same
contestants, just as it did in the Contest for Supremacy on the Rails. It is nevertheless admitted that there is yet a fruitful field for further development; this fact renders it profitable to examine the
Problem c nf 11 wouId not 1,8 profitable to go extensively into the question
C III SOI Gf t|le relative difficulties with which each of the several types
Develonment. motor car P°wers have to contend ; it is sufficient for our ” * present purpose to take cognizance of the fact that each
encounters obstacles peculiar to itself, which must be overcome ere it can be “placed” in the final contest for supremacy.
For the purpose of the present discussion, we may, however, divide these obstacles into two generic classes : —
1. Complex Mechanism’s Noxious Vapors — Noise and other nuisances arising from
combustion and tile employment of high pressures; these obstructive features are incidental to all powers other than Electricity.
2. — Excessive weight involved in carrying upon the vehicle a storage of force— this
obstruction is incidental to Compressed Air and Electricity only.
With the first classification we need not deal, the problems presented therein are as faindiai as the proverbial “household words,” they have been problems for decades and are likely to be for decades yet to come. Compressed air though a “storage” system and
subject to the same obstacles of weight, renewal charge, etc., as hi electricity, is never¬ theless more properly classified in the category of Gas Powers. Its problems are akin to these, though even more numerous and difficult of solution.
It is in tiie second classification that wo find ourselves faced with a comparatively new problem, viz. : The problem of carrying' a sufficient store of energy with wliioh to propel a vehiolo a profitable distance upon a trackloss roadway.
Having relegated compressed air to the first classification, we need consider this liroblein only in its relation to electricity; in its solution, we are of the opinion that there Js to be found more ample reward than is derivable from the solution of any other problem _with which we are immediately faced.
In the final analysis the problem is found to be solely one of weight reduction, it is sometimes formulated as “excessive recharging, or renewal requirement.” It is, however, none the less simply a problem of weight reduction, as is shown by the fact that with every unit of such reduction there results a reduction of renewal requirement, the logic of which, of course is, that if we could effect indefinite weight' reduction we could indefinitely postpone the need of recharging. Since, however, we must presently reach the limit in weight reduction, so we must in storage capacity, and renewal becomes imperative. The problem before us is therefore reduced to this : Can we so reduoo this handicap of the electric motor as to permit its manifold advantages in other respects to place it definitely in the van of all other powers ? We think we can, and shall endeavor herein to indicate both the direction and the ways and means by which it may be accomplished.
The Problem of If, without reduction of storage capacity, we can
■ _ by any means effect a reduction of weight, we shall
Weight Reduction. gain m mileage capacity in a greater ratio than we
lose in weight; this, for tile obvious reason that each unit of force is now expended upon a less unit of weight, and must necessarily propel it a greater distance.
In this fact we have high incentive to work zealously for even minute weight reduc¬ tions, as well as ample assurance of ultimate success in practically eliminating weight as a factor in the problem.
In considering how best to solve this problem, we find there are three distinct lines of investigation that may be profitably pursued.
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i.— To effect the direct reduction of weight of storage cells or other parts of the vehicle mechanism through improvements effected therein.
z.— To effect an increase of economical efficiency in the apparatus employed in trans¬ lating the storage energy into motive power.
3.— To develop a method of giving to a unit of stored force an augumented work capacity independent of the efficiencies of the several working parts of the vehicle.
' First.— The weight of electrical storage cells as they are at present constructed is
£ abnormal when considered in comparison with the reservoirs of any other force, much has been done and is being done in effecting a reduction of this weight, but the available - margin for further reduction is still greater than that which has thus far been utilized, and far greater than that offered by any other component of the vehicle; in fact, no reduc¬ tion of any portion of the vehicle equipment is practicable except by and through the reduction of the storage weight.
v Tke one avenue throng'll which we can look for direct weight reduotion ,) is therefore that of storage cell improvements. Moreover, as there exists no natural law against an almost indefinite continuance of improvement, akin to those already effected, and as the “necessity” for such improvement is rapidly becoming imperative, we ^ may look with confidence for the birth of the proverbial “invention” that is to contribute a substantial quota to the solution of this problem. In fact, a mere glance at the literature of the art shows that the laboratories of the world are busy with the problem and are 1 insistently claiming to have already solved it. That out of all this chaos there is being j surely evolved substantial gain is evidenced by a comparison of the storage cells of to-day I with those in use but a few years since.
Second — Inasmuch as the weight of a stored unit of electric force is greater than ■> that of any other power, it follows that it is more incumbent upon us to conserve the electric unit than any other; this is, however, far from being generally done; in fact, the economic efficiency of the motor is often hardly considered, whereas it should receive prime consideration.
If we can in any way increase the effective working capacity of a given weight of stored force we shall obtain the equivalent of weight reduction, since without having increased our weight we have increased the mileage capacity of the vehicle, and may now eithor retain, in this form, the advantage gained, or, assuming
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therein for n reduction of the storage weight. It is obvious from the foregoing that any increase of motor efficiency is the equivalent of weight reduction ; likewise that any decrease of bearing friction, or any improvement in weight distribution effecting an easier carriage are one and all contributory in the same direction. It is true that the average efficiencies of motors and the anti-frictional properties of roller bearings now generally employed are already high, and we can hardly expect much improvement in any one of these factors, but a judicious selection of the most efficient of each will yield a substantial aggregate of gain that will influence our problem of weight reduction in no small degree, particularly in view of the fact herein shown that such gains in efficiency have a double measure of value.
Third.— Getting something for nothing : This groat desideratum— physical paradox though it appears— is nevertheless a potential characteristic of the electric motor ; its practical realization becomes possible through the fact that an electric motor and an electric generator are identical machines, and may be indifferently employed for either purpose; henoe the motor of a oar whioh erstwhile absorbed eleotrio force from the stored supply, and translated it into motive power, whioh in turn lifted the vehicle up a hill, now becomes a machine capable of absorbing the motive power developed by the descending vehicle, and of translating it into stored eleotrio foroe.
A motor generator anon translating electricity into motive power, and now translating motive power into electricity: such is the duality of function of an electric motor. It is apparent that if by means of this dual function, a material percentage of the gravity and momentum force of a road vehicle can be returned to the storage cells, we shall need a much smaller original charge and may correspondingly reduce its weight.
Assuming that this characteristic of the electric motor has been or is capable of being realized in practice, its potentiality as a medium of weight reduction is obviously great.
The following description of the Johnson-Lundell Company’s motor methods and apparatus will best disclose the present status of this important branch of the problem of development.
Description. Many attempts have been made to return current to the mains
. . or batteries, most of which have proven abortive because
effective only within a very limited speed range, and because of excessive sparking at
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T|ic presem invention makes it possible to do away with all external resistance, which vvMl cajfse fall of potential at the armature terminals, and to effectively return current trfN.theJlmeatjill but the lowest speed by reason of the following novel construction of the motoyirrangement of its electric circuits.
Briefly expressed, the invention consists of an electric mntor_furnishcd. with , two and a field magnet,' so coiwtroctedthiujt wiU be "VV ' possible to "run with weak field strength without sparking at the brushes, and with its electric circuits so arranged that before a current change from series to parallel is made the speed of the motor is so increased, by reason of the weakened field, that it will approximate the speed obtained with strong field after the change to parallel is effected. For a clear understanding of the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which ITig. i is a diagramatic view of the circuit connections between tile stationary contacts of a controller, a motor having two armature windings and two commutators,
. with a compound wound field magnet, a storage battery arranged in two distinct groups, and the resistances which are used in connection with the field circuits of the motor. Fig. 2 illustrates the developed contacts upon the controller cylinder, the construction of which is similar to well known form of controller cylinders. Fig. 3 illustrates the developed contacts upon a reversing cylinder of well known form which serves to reverse the current through the field windings of the motor.
Fig. 4 is a diagramatic view of the various combinations of the motor circuits when the controller cylinder, with its contacts shown in Fig. 2, is rotated over the stationary right hand contacts shown in Fig. 1. The motor in this case is supposed to be used in ■ connection with a divided storage battery as indicated in Fig. 1 for the propulsion of electric vehicles, or for similar uses.
Referring to Figs. 1 -and 4, Cl and C2 represent the commutators for the two armature windings of the motor. O represents the shunt field winding, and T the series field windings. R, Ri, R2, and R3 are resistances, the first two named being in series with the shunt field windings, or short circuited, as the case may be, and the two latter being connected in series to the terminals of the series field winding and partly short circuited, or disconnected, according to the position of the controller. The shunt field is connected across one group of the batteries only for all positions of the controller, as shown in Fig. 1.
The first position of the controller — or the the first speed — causes the shunt field to become extra strong, the resistance in series with same being short circuited. The series field is shunted by a low resistance R3, so that the ampere-turns from same is reduced to
a minimum. The storage battery (shown in Fig. i) is, in this position, grouped in two parallel rows Bi, 132, thus giving with two commutators in. series only twenty volts per commutator — if, for example, each group of batteries is arranged to yield forty volts.
Tlie second position of the controller leaves the circuit connections practically the same, with the exception of the shunt iield, which is so weakened by the Held resistance R that tlie motor lias speeded up at least fifty per cent.
The third position of tlie controller has changed the batteries from parallel to series, giving forty volts per commutator, lias caused the shunt field to again roacli maximum strength, and has also caused more current to ilow through tlie series coil by reason of an additional resistance R2 being introduced in series with R3. This position gives to the motor a speed about one hundred per cent, greater than obtained at tlie first position.
Position four leaves tlie circuits practically tlie same as in tlie third position, with exception of the shunt field circuit, which lias been weakened by the two resistances R and Ri to such an extent that although more current is now flowing through the series coil, tlie total field has been so weakened that the motor has speeded up at least fifty per cent, from the last position.
Position five of the controller lias changed the armature circuits from series to parallel and is causing a strong current to flow through the series windings by reason of tlie resistances R2 and R3 being entirely cut out, the shunt field is of the same strength as in position two, and the total magnetization about the same as in position three. Eacli commutator is practically receiving eighty volts, and the speed is consequently about one hundred per cent, greater than at the third position.
The sixth and last position of the controller opens the shunt field entirely (or practically so) but leaves the other circuits as they were in the fifth position, thus causing the motor to speed up and to become a plain series wound motor.
Assuming now that the motor is used in connection with an electrical vehicle, the following points will be clear from the above description of the circuits : First, as the motor is gradually converted from practically a shunt wound motor at the lowest speed to a series wound motor at the top speed, it follows that thq speed of the vehicle will be practically constant at the lower speeds, no matter what the load happens to be, but that the top speeds will greatly depend upon the load; in other words, the motor will ' at the lower speeds show a disposition to “ Fight ” or take current through its armature windings in proportion to the required torque.
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An excessive current will not cause sparking at the brushes, for the reason that at the first and second position of the controller, the difference of potential between consecutive commutator bars is only one quarter of that at top speed. Second : Should the speed of the vehicle materially exceed the speed corresponding to a certain position of the con¬ troller No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3, by reason of running down hill, it follows that the motor will automatically become a dynamo, and will thus restore energy to the battery. Third : Should the vehicle happen to be running at top speed and the controller be quickly returned to positions No. 2 or No. i, it follows that a rather excessive current will flow through the armature windings, charging the battery, but at tlie same time will be kept within safe limits, on account of the weakening effect of the series field, which, by.reason of weakening of .the field strength, will correspondingly reduce the electro motive force of the armature, the charging of the battery is in a measure regulated automatically, viz : a heavy charging current will weaken the field and thus reduce the electro motive force, and a small charging current will strengthen the field, and thus increase the electro motive force.
Regenerators. White !t has been well known since the origin of the electric motor that it possessed the function of a generator as well, tile practical realization of this second function has been so surrounded with difficulties as to render its general application valueless. The reason for this abortive application of the principle is found in the fact that heretofore there has existed no simple and efficient moans of rendering the motor a generator throughout a sufficiently wide range or speed to render its use profitable.
In the Johnson-Lundoll Motor and methods of motor control, this limitation of regenerative speed range has been completely removed, and the manifest economy of this factor may now be realized.
Brakes. 11 is of c0l"F apparent that in the employment of the motor as a generator pit the driving power of the moving vehicle, being limited is either partially or wholly absorbed, and the vehicle in consequence checked or entirely stopped, as may be desired. The motor is thus given a third function, viz : that of a Brake. Moreover, since the restraining effort of such a brake is always the exact equiva¬ lent of the power applied to it, it follows that in it we have an ideal power brake, and that without cost or special mechanical devices. An ordinary hand brake must however still be provided to hold the vehicle at rest on a grade, in consequence of the non-functional
character of the motor brake when not in motion. Tiiis hand brake may nevertheless be considered rather as an emergency device than otherwise, as the motor brake will be available for all ordinary requirements.
An important incidental advantage attending the use of the motor, both as a motor and as a brake, is, that as the driver is required to manipulate but one lever, less alertness is exacted of him.
Another important item is in the saving of the wear and tear incidental to mechanical brakes.
Control. Inorease of normal or fixcd sPecds- tllat is t0 say> an increase In the number of speeds at wliioh the motor may be continuously run without injury and without waste of energy.
This is important, as affording the means for obtaining a smooth acceleration and uniform and efficient movement of tile vehicle at speeds compelled by impeding traffic.
These compulsory speeds, when not in synchronism with a normal speed of the motor, are usually attained by throwing the motor in and out of service, thereby producing an uneven and jerky movement, alike destructive to the mechanism, wasteful of energy, and uncomfortable to the passenger.
It thus becomes desirable to have the normal motor speeds closely approximate the variable speeds imposed by ordinary street traffic. Naturally, the ideal in this respect would be a motor uniformly efficient at all speeds, but since this is inconsistent with its fundamental principle, it can only be approximated, and that through invention. As will be observed, Mr. Lundell's inventions have carried us several steps nearer the ideal.
— . It has been demonstrated that the useful life
Depreciation of electric storage elements is materially of Storage Cells increased by frequent alternations of the
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It thus happens that the alternative charging and discharging effected by the regenerative motor, results in a much lower rate of storage cell depreciation than is possible to cells employed in connection with ordinary motors, where no charging can take place until the elements are practically exhausted. This is an important item, when we take into consideration the considerable cost of storage cells.
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of weight, as it is apparent that such increased energy efficiency means increased economy in operation, with high efficiencies in the operative mechanism, with a n i /ed e gl t and with a percentage of the propelling force recovered and made to do double duty, we necessarily obtain extraordinary economy of power and consequent lower cost of operation than lias hitherto been possible.
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CONSULTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER,
1406 HAVEMEYER BUILDING,
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Llwellyn Park,
Orange, N. J.
I enclose you herewith letters which I have lust re¬ ceived from Mr. FranclB Jehl and Mr. Etienne de Podor of Budapest, both of whom cabled you their congratulations.
Permit me to congratulate you on the magnificent ovation which you received at the Edison Banquet on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the birth and commercial development of the incandescent lamp.
.. . "ere I to make any criticism it would be that seated at
the main table in place of quite a number who had these posts of honor, and who were in no wise entitled to them, should have been seated the men whose unswerving loyalty to you and your interests should have placed them very close to you on that occasion. Such men as Batchelor, Upton, Johnston, Mallory and others.
v, a +iIt would not have suited the plans of certain people to t,ldYe the real Edison men appear too prominently on this occasion, and the real Edison men desired rather to do everything in their power to see that the whole affair was carried to a successful con¬ clusion, and prove a glorious testimonial to Thomas A. Edison and his genius, rather than introduce a discordant note.
It is too bad that the old Menlo Parkers could not have and.flven an opportunity to voioe their sentiments „a£d , t0 me 1,1 would have been more to the paint, instead of
whooping it up for the Marconi Company and the Oeneral Electric Company to have given the Edison Storage Battery and the Edison cement business the prominence, these other interests received.
f *lad the honor of being the first one to call attention to the fact that 1904. was the 25th anniversary of the birth and development of the commercial incandescent lamp, having called it T°hndien?Boe?H0in °f Pr53i?ent Francl3 of St. Louis, and others, and be1**™1™ "“"2* fi58J advising that the Institute banqiet
be held on your birthday, February llth.
. In common with many of the other "old Edison boys" I have
+bfinTM?re tnan el?d t0 30 what 1 couid to assist in the success of the Edison Banquet and the Edison Medal Fund.
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William J, Hammer Esq.
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W dear Mr. Hammer
Will you please oonvey to Tnomas Alva Edison, our great Master, the great Inventor, and the great. .Amerioan, my houndless admiration and esteem .together with my hearty congratulations in honor of the twentyfifth anniversary of his discovery of the incandescent lamp and parallel distribution.
Yours very truly
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Dear Hr. Edison
May we impose upon your kindness just once more?
I understand that your new telephone, by means of which a , person standing at one end can see to whom he is talking at the other end of the line, is nearly complete.
Will you permit one of our men to photograph this instrument and talk to you a fow minutes as to it's method of operation?
We shall be pleased to acoonmodate ourselves to any arrange- : you^may be kind enough to make.
Hoping to hear from you soon, I am,
Very truly yours,
Editor Sunday Edition.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Myers, Ela.
Dear Mr. Edison:
Martin A. Rosenoff, the chemist that haB "been employed hy you for a year past on waxes, oame in to see me a day or two ago and said that he had been laid off. From what I can learn his services were not satisfactory to you. I also learn from Mr. Miller that a wax he has just completed seems to he very good for master purposes. Of course I do not know whether you have anything personal against the young man, hut if not, I would like very much to engage him. I can use him to good advantage in testing up the various ingredients that we pur¬ chase and to make certain tests that are required from time to time hy Mr. Dodd, who is very much overloaded with work; and furthermore, I think he would he useful to us in making further experiments on waxes.
The various people to whom I have talked consider that he is quite bright, and as it is difficult to discover chemists that would he suitable for our line of work, 1 think that you should reconsider hiB discharge and allow him to remain with us, provided X can make satisfactory ar¬ rangements with him.
He seems to he very much hurt at the peremptory manner in which he has been discharged, as he had no intimation hut that his work was satis¬ factory to you; and he was expecting some further remuneration based upon a semi-promise made hy you sometime ago, in which you intimated
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that you had paid a certain individual the sum of $5,000, inclusive of salary, for something that said individual had gotten out for you and which proved of advantage to this company. He assumed, of course, that you intended to do about the same thing with him. If there was any such intention on your part I wish you would let me know about it, or, if you prefer, it can be deferred until you return.
Now that Aylsworth is so closely identified with the storage bat¬ tery and it is doubtful as to whether we will ever be able to have a portion of his services, I must procure a good man who will work on our line incessantly, and as Mr. Rosenoff has spent a year on this particu¬ lar line of work, it would seem to me to be a good gamble to take him on for another year to see if he can produce any results.
There is another thing; I think it would be bad policy to let him go now, inasmuch as he has had the run of your laboratory and our estab¬ lishment, has a pretty good idea of what we are trying to accomplish, and it would be bad to have him go over to the Graphophone Co. and dis¬ close to them the lines on which we have been working and such other information as he may have gathered during the period that he has been with you. I do not mean that he will go with the Graphophone Co., but there is a possibility that if he is thrown out absolutely he would naturally look for a position in the same line of work.
I wish you would write on the back of this letter vhat your decision is and mail to me in the enclosed stamped envelope.
Yours very truly,
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I think you will agree with me that a material having such .remarkable properties, and having such a low coefficient of f expansion, is hound to have many future uses.
Very truly yours, .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
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Dear Mr. Edison:
Regarding the attached, 3 -took up and discussed this very fully with Mr. Dyer, and he objected strenuously , stating that ha considered that what he has to do warranted 'the payment of $12, 000, .00; a year; and knowing what he has been doing 'for Tne , to .say nothing of the work he has been doing for you in 'the Storage ^ttej-y qompa.ny,
Cement Company and others, 1 concluded that :it jy/puld be far better to. give him the additional $2,000.00 than to hays ,him feel dissatisfied..
As you know, you cannot get good work ya less yo.u pay for fi* and' 1; am satisfied that we will get the work out of^hu Dyer by paying the additional amount.
I have therefore put him on our pay noil at '$5,000.00; a year and he is to receive the remaining $7,000.00 from you, .as heretofore* arranged, the distribution of which, of course, is something that l am not ac- • quanited with.
I am leaving this with Mr. Randolph, as 1 shall have left for Europe before you get back. I trust that my decision In tilt? matter will meet with your approval.
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Motor- Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters.
Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
Generators, Motors and Transformers
forSingle, Two and ThreePhase Current. Controllers and Resistances
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My dear Edisonj-
I take the liberty in sending you a trial balance of our last year'B business which shows that we are again paying a dividend of 17 % on our capital stook, U. 8,500,000 and have also written off for depreciation, etc., i C 630,000.
This, no doubt, is a very good showing and I am sure it will please you to hear that the output of the last three months is already 30 % more than in the same three months of last year, ThiB prosperous report and trial balanoe is a conundrum to our business friends and competitors.
Please let me hear a few words from you , especially how your and your family's state of health is, I heard from Gilmore that you went down to Plorida for a little recreation and I hope that you are enjoying your usual good health and humor again. .
I have at last received the official test from the. German Empire’ Technical Institute on- your .battery which report is very good and - 1 WiJ.il-,->-' have the same translated and sent to you in a- very Bhort time. , ■
BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS
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Thos. A. Edison. EBq. j
With hind regards to Mrs. Edison and yourself, I am,
Enclosure: Trial balance,
will be held in this City at the Hotel Vendome on May 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th, and it would give us great pleasure to have you present, As you are
an Honorary member of the Association, I am sure you will be interested in seeing the great progress which it has made in recent years and your presence would undoubtedly help to make this Convention a greater success than ever. Yours very truly,
President.
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ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1904-1905
WILLIAn J. HAMMER
(Consulting Electrical Engineer, 26 Cortlandt St, New York Gty.)
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC LECTURE
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RADIUM
AND ITS REMARKABLE PROPERTIES
“The most wonderful substance ever discovered."
“ The modern miracle."
URANIUM POLONIUM ACTINIUM THORIUM
AND OTHER RADIO-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES
With a consideration of phosphorescence and phosphorescent and fluorescent substances.
The lecture will be illustrated by many beauti¬ ful experiments of fascinating interest and by curious and instructive lantern slides. The lecturer will also exhibit various preparations of Radium, Polon¬ ium, Thorium, Uranium and many interesting pieces of apparatus, minerals, radiographs, photo¬ graphs, the Crookes' Spinthariscope, Helium, X-Ray,
Cathode Ray and Ultra-Violet Light Tubes, etc.
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some time ago, Mr. w. Moritlgoiiery,' a young' gent'ieman^- v/ from Sootland, sailed on me 'with recommendations from a most reliable^riond mine, and of our eleotroohemioal fraternity. Mr. Montgomery is anxious to find in this country a position as eleotrioal engineer in which he may be enabled to acquire a large amount of experience.
When he first oame to me, I took the liberty to give him a letter to you, but since you were in the South at that time, he could not see you, but Mr. Mallory was good enough to write me that he had placed his name on file.
Since that time, I have had an opportunity to become impressed with Mr. Montgomery's energy, push, oommon sense and his intense wish to learn something. He has passed so far through a coursd in the Pratt institute in Brooklyn and I understand he was there one of the best in his class. He is now with a small ooncern building switch boards, and I hear he is making himself useful there and is acquiring maohanioal experience.
It oocured to me that on account of hiB qualities as a man he might be useful to you in » me part of your works. Prom his
personal connections, I feel pretty sure that he is as reliable asman as may be wanted. Since he is a beginner, I have no doubt that he will work for you for a small salary, which would enable him to make a fair
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If you would oe good enough to let him or me know when he may come out to see you he will be glad to do so. His address is W. Montgomery, 308 - 74th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Mr. Thos A. Edison,
Orange N.J.,
Dear Mr. Edison
We take pleasure in sending you today, a large photograph of your self, finished in platinum, and five small ones in carbonette. The last mentioned we merely Pro°f3' Such of these as you approve of we wall 'copyright, and will be glad to send you addi¬ tional copies. Thanking you for your courtesy and with assurances of our great regard, we are.
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Telegraph, Cleveland, Cincinnati)}) Chicago &^St .Louip R.R., in reply to his invitation to attend th<| Annual Convention of t hep. Telegraph Supts. at Indianapolis, June 15th and 16th. I hope yoy>-±ll re¬ consider your decision in the matter and pay them a visit if only for a day. I think you would enjpy it. You cannot imagine what strides we Hoosiers in the Capitol City of Indiana have made since you were a resident here.
The objection made in regard to the hot season wont hold good particularly this year. We seldom get any unpleasntly hot... weather before the first of July and this year we have had no warm weather at all. Fact is, I have worn my overcoatd every day bo far, with one or two exceptions and there is nothing to indicate much change for three or four weeks at least. So if that is the only objection I dont think you need have any fears.
You will find now a clean city of over 200, OOo inhabitants as against 30,000 when you were here. Another thing we can show you is the finest soldierfe monument in the world, which alone is worth, a trip of a thousand miles; Besides this we have the greatest rail¬ road center including Interurban lines, in the western country.
We are expecting, besides the members of the Association of ■ Telegraph ' Supts. , many of the old time telegraphers of prominence, who I have no doubt you would be glad to meet. I hope therefore you
will make it convenient to be here and while X tun not a member of the Association, I know they will make it agreeable for you.
I cannot say that yuu will see the old office, railroad station and Instruments we had forty 'or more years ago, but in their stead a handsome modern station for steam road as well as the largest Xnterurban station in the country, wall with modern equipment. Will you kindly advise.
Very truly yours,
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In accordance with license agreement made and entered into between Prank A. Hall and Thomas A. Edison, under date May 12th, 1903, I hereby certify, that there has been no instruments
made under this agreement between Deoember 1st, 1903 and June 1st, 1904.
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SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me this 1st day of June,
Notary tuKLic in mid for the County- of Silver Bow, state of Montana.
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CONSULTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, ■1406 HAVEMEYER BUILDING,
26 CORTLANDT STREET,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, H. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison
I have just received a letter from my Father-in-Law ,
Mr. Thomas H. White, President of the White Sewing Machine Company, regarding the White steam Car which you asked me to look up for you.
He said he can sell you one of their standard typeB of car for Two Thousand Dollars (§2,000.00), and that in September the company expect to have their new car, which will be a great hill climber and embody certain improvements, and that the price for this car will probably be Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars (§2,500. ) He says lie is sending me catalogues and information re¬ garding their machines, immediately upon receipt of which I will forward same to you.
If you should decide to order this car' and will let me know I will communicate directly with Mr. White and see that you receive the car at the earliest possible moment.
Yours very truly,
Dear Sir:-
Your favors of the 20th inst. have been received advising me of the cost of the legal expenses for your Companies for the fiscal year ending February 29, 1904, and I agree with you without any qualification whatever, that the expense is enormously out of proportion to what it should have been. I cannot possibly understand how the legitimate expenses of litigations involving your Companies should be more than a third of the amount actually disbursed. My interests in this matter are the same as your own, and X shall most heartily and cordially cooperate in every possible way to keep these expenses within proper limits.
No work will be undertaken on suitB now pending and no new suits will be brought without first obtaining instructions from you'. This has been my rule since I have had charge of this Department, but that period includes only a small part of the fiscal year in question.
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My dear Edison:
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Aexpect to see tie wagons running in Washington
on Thursday.
•ibution to the happiness
Yours very truly,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N. J.
Edison Storage Battery Co
Tekphme, 76 BhmficU GLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY Oct *24 ,19 04
MT. J. R. Randolph, Treas.,
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Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir. ^ teg herewith enclose b/l for 72 tags of apples which
kindly arrange to distribute as heretofore, sending some to Mr. Edison's, some to Mr- Gilmore, the balance divide between you and myself. When the apples are delivered, please arrange to have the teamster bring back all the bags as they are borrowed fran the Cement Co. and are to be returned to them.
Very truly yours,
WSM/L Eho.
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October 22nd, 1904.
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Enclosed please find duplicate b/l for 72 bags apples, shipped you by to day's freight,.
Yours very truly.
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Johnson, of the century, reminding me of the prop^sgjj^&nd article dealing with the autobiographical story of thejrsjWe!
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of the incandescent lamp. You will remember you told mb that . &
after the election you would be, like Mr. Parker, a manbf lWHsAe, and would have time to take this up.
He is now getting his articles into hand from Graham Bell, Frank Sprague, Brush, and Tesla, and it is obvious that the series
will be incomplete without your contributlo:
The play of Hamlet
with Hamlet out. I should like
) know when you will be ready
to go into this, or whether you would like me to block out some¬ thing in advance which can be filled in with the vital details.
It is an interesting matter, which I ought to have brought to your attention before, that I have recently had a call from Mr. H. W. Lanier, Secretary of Doubleday, Page & Co., asking me what would be the best way to get you interested in an autobiograph¬ ical volume giving the story of your beginnings as an inventor and of some of your greatest work. You will notice that this parallels somewhat closely the suggestions of the Century. Possibly the •Century article will constitute a chapter of such a book, if you
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are at all willing to consider it.
I know your native objection to s&lf discussion, but, after all, there is no story so good as that which the man tells himself of his own work, and I need only point to such a book as Grant's Memoirs to show how valuable and interesting the public considers such records to be. Please let me hear from you on the subject.
You may remember that some time ago you asked me for copies of the photographs taken of yourself by Mr. Lazarnick, for Mrs. Edison's album. I am sending out to-day a batch of these, leaving out only the one which shows you and myself together, and which I feel it would be improper for me to intrude into the collection.
I have sent these unmounted because I understand that they are to go into an album, which presumably is made up on unmounted photo¬ graphs to economize space. If, however, Mrs. Edison prefers them mounted, I can easily accomodate her in that respect.
Believe me.
Yours truly.
Helkwstene 9ark telephone and telegraph 'Cempanif
EXECUTIVE OFFIOE
PmV«»T LIVINGSTON, MONTANA, DOC, 1,1904
This is to certify that no apparatus has been put out between June 1 and Dec, 1,1904 under contract by and between Thomas A.Edison and Frank A.Hall for the use of composite apparatus patents.
subscribed and sworn to before me,a Notary Public in and for the State of Montana, this 1st day of December, 1904.
Notary Public in and for Park County, Mont., tly Commission expires May 1111
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GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
West Lynn, Mass.; Dec. let, 1904.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Menlo Park,
Orange, J T. J.
Dear Sir: —
You may remember that the writer had the pleasure of meeting you on the Florida Special last February on the way to Jack a> nville. Among several subjects talked of was cellulose adfetate and the film coated wire developed by Processor Thomson and myself at Dynn. 1 remember that you expressed considerable interest in this substance and expressed a desire to see the coating material and the coated wire. I regret tiiat the matter has escaped my attention so long. I am sending you by' this mail a snail sample of thfe solution, some acetate films, an'd tv® spools of coated wire. The reason that the solution is colorless and the coating on the wird green is the fact that a suitable aniline dye is used to render the coating visible and to show up any faults or imperfections.
The^solut ion consists of approximately 7 parts by weight of cellulose tetracetate, 90 parts cholroform, and three parts Phenol, Thymol and castor oil, added as softeners. The material can be saponified, though not very readily, by an aqueous solution of potash, and quite readily by alcoholic potash. The degree of in¬ flammability is much less than that of celluloid, as will be seen from the films. Its other properties are for the most part obvious
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upon inspection.
If for any reason you should ca’-e to have a larger sample I shall be very glad to ha-e it sent you.
Very truly yours,
Mr Thomas
Dear sir :
, Edison ivienio Park
Orange rf . J .
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In 1888 you were kind enough to present to Dr. Thurston for Sibley College an electric generator, of which the followin; are specifications :
Amperes 240, volts 125, revolutions per minute 1200.
It was a plain Shunt Edison continuous current generator.
This machine has been in continuous service for lighting the College and for furnishing a general laboratory current ever since its installation. After all these years of good service your gift is appreciated more than when it was first received.
We are, however, installing a new hydro-electric plant which will be. the source of power for the entire university and it is to furnish alternating current. This puts the generator that you gave us out of commission, and I am writing now to ask if you would be willing to have us exchange it for alternating current apparatus that would fit our needs.
If at any time you could make it convenient to visit
Thomas A. Edison
Ithaca it would give me show you what we have it ¥ ours
great pleasure to entertain you and to t Sibley College, respectfully,
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A friend of mine, who isj ver^har d ^of hearing has been in consultation with Mr. Miller Reese Hutchinson who claims to control a contrivance which will enable him to hear- Mr . Hutchinson gives you as reference, stating that you have secured great benefit from the use of his instrument - 1 would deem it a great favor if you would inform me whether you have used Mr. ftitchinson’s instrument and what benefit, if any, it has been to you.
Assuring you of my appreciation of your courtesy in giving my enquiry your attention, X am,
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December 22nd, 1904.
Eighteen monthB after date I promise to pay -(to Thomas A. Edison or order, for value received, the sum of One Hundred and Twenty- five (#125,00) Dollars with interest from the date hereof at the rate of six per cent, per annum.
Dear Sir:-
I do not wish to bother you in the matter of tho Depraz galvanometer which I discussed with you on the 9th and concerning which I wrote you on the 13th but, as you con probably appreciate, I am very anxious to have the oppor¬ tunity o 1 seeing this instrument,
I am very sura that the General Klaotrio Company will not willingly return this Instrument to you lor it woe largely on the strength ol this in¬ strument that they made settlement out ol Court with the Weston Company. I know that they contemplate retaining it il possible so that-no one else may have the opportunity ol making use ol it.
It is probably dillioult lor you to understand just how muoh it means to me il this instrument proves to bs all I hope lor. As matters stand at pre¬ sent, the Weston Company ore making a very strong play to completely crush my business so you oan appreciate the strong incentive I have to try to block their game by presenting to the Court ouoh evidenoe as I hope your instrument will show.
It is always hard lor a oomparitivoly poor manito light a $2,000,000 corporation and baoomes still harder: wHon such corporations as the General Slaotrio and Westinghouse oan assist them by hiding or tying up valuable evidenoe.
The loot that my entire business, on which I have spent eleven ol the best years ol my lile, is at stake must plead my excuse in bothering you in this matter.
I will be deeply gratelul il you oan oorapel the return ol this instru¬ ment to you Irom the General Sleotrio Company and permit me to examine it in the ne£r luture.
Yours very truly.
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1904. Edison, T.A. - Articles (D-04-07)
This folder contains correspondence requesting Edison to write articles, correspondence relating to articles about Edison or his inventions, and letters from journalists seeking to interview him. Among the items for 1904 are four letters from biographer Francis Arthur Jones.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The items not selected include requests for interviews and other routine correspondence regarding articles published and interviews granted.
Referring to your letter of March 10th last you told me that Mr Rdison would he returning to Orange in April. Tf he has come back could you very kindly ask him if he would see me for half an hour any time most convenient to himself. You will remember in a former letter you said he might possibly do this for me and if it could be arranged T should be extremely
obliged .
Apologising for troubling you so often and hoping that T may be allowed to come,
Yours v. sincerely,
Orange, H.J.
Dear Mr Randolph,
T was very much disappointed not to have the pleasure of seeing you yesterday when I called at the labora- -tory but T hope for better luck next time. T saw Mr Edison and he has lrindly asked me to come down to see the works next Thursday and has given me permission to take any photographs X like. He also told me thct you had so.e photographs which you could let me have. Would you kindly let me know if you have photographs of all the most interesting departments or had X better arrange to takethese. Tf you will kindly advise me I shall be extremely, obliged.
Yours v. sincerely,
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Mr Boehme,
Rdison Laboratory, Orange , JT..T.
My dear J.Tr Boehme,
V/ ould you very kindly send me a ,11. -ferent departments in the Edison Laboratory with the of the gentlemen' in charge. If you will do this for i greatly obliged.
of the dif- ames of each 1 shall feel
Let me take this opportunity to thank you once again for all the trouble you took in showing me over the laboratory on Thursday last. T shall hope to acknowledge this in my article.
Hoping to see you up here some evening,
Yours very truly,
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J. P . Randolph, Edison Laboratory, Orange, II. .T.
r Mr Randolph,
In prepai^ng mjr article for the English Press the Edison Laboratory T / ind that T am without a photograph yourself. When I was C/oxm at the Laboratory T had hoped tha ould have allowed m/ to take your portrait but when T e n- Lred for you T was t'/ld that you had left for the day. Couli kindly send me a portrait as T think you ought to appear the magazine as T wish the article to be the most important connection with I.Ir/Edison's work that has yet appeared in English press. All the photographs T took have turned out silently and T hojbe to be able to show you these next week .
ending me your photograph (which T hope will be able to/ do) could you at the same time send ms some f your department? T should be greatly obliged if you
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Y/ath kind regards and awaiting your reply,
Mr. T. C. Martin has already conveyed to you our earnest desire to hRve an article from you on the origin and oircurastanoes of the invention of the electric light, and we were relying on him and his knowledge of the subject for assistance in getting up an interview article in your own words and to be signed by you. Mr, Martin informs ub; that his present engagements , inoluding his relations to the visiting electrical engineers, are such that he must beg off from this interesting enterprise.
■We have therefore asked Mr. Theodore Waters, who bears this letter to you, to undertake, with the assistance of a stenographer , to get down the impor¬ tant record of your work with the light. We believe you know Mr. Waters already and we believe him to be thoroughly competent for this work. We sincerely hope it will be convenient for you to give Mr. Waters the opportunity which we desire.
I am indeed, with old time respect and regard,'
Associate Editor.
September 28, 1904.
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq., | j | Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Edison:
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He thank you very much for the cour¬ tesy of your note of the 27th of September, but we see that you have entirely misapprehended our proposition..
He are sincerely glad to have you say that you do not care to sign any articles ■written by out¬ side parties, for we regard this sort of praotioe as thoroughly reprehensible and, so far as we know, The Century has never published an article of this kind; and^does not want artioles of this kind. He appre¬ ciate also your statement that you are too busy to do any writing.
Mow, you will perhaps be surprised but it is nevertheless true that our project does not involve asking you to do any writing in the first place, or to sign any article written by an outside party. "What we wish is to have a competent man — in this case Mr. Theodore Waters, whose work we are sure you know — in¬ terview you with the aid of a stenographer, when you
T. A. E. 2.
are a little leas busy, aid get down in your own words — not Mr. Waterss— the material for an article on "The Circumstances of the Invention of the Electric Light," and then put this article together in your own words without adding a phrase of his own, so that you may properly put your name to it as yours. In this way you will not have any of the labor of writing I the article and yet .it will he wholly yours. We wish this article for a series of similar papers, for which we have already arranged four papers — "The Air Brake" by Westinghouse; "The Arc Light" by Brush; "The Transmission of Power" by Tesla; "Electric Traction" by Sprague. We are also to have an authoritative article on the telephone from conversations with Prof¬ essor Bell. You see that your name added to this list would make a very complete record of the best American inventions, and not to include you. would sean) to the public a slight.
We sincerely trust that you will fell in withour plans and that you will grant Mr. Waters the necessary interview. You may remember that The Cen¬ tury was the first to exploit the electric light and that we have always been standing around to get the crumbs that fall firom Mr. Edison1 s table.
Wow that I have explained the situation I
hope that you will kindlyAhelp us to make this series complete. As a whole it will make a showing fort Americans to he proud of. This is one of our objects in undertaking it.
Very sincerely yours
P. S. 1 may say that the method above employed has resulted in admirable articles in the magazine, in¬ cluding Admirable Sampson's valuable paper on the Navy in the Spanish War. He did not write a word of it and yet every word of it is his and it was obtain¬ ed in just the way in which we wish to obtain yours.
1904. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-04-08)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison's membership and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Among the items for 1904 are documents pertaining to the Citizens' League of West Orange, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents, and the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The items not selected consist primarily of announcements and invitations declined by Edison.
yon, in regard to certain publio improvements in the Tillage ojMTeat Orange, ana your expressed willingness To participate therein, we desire to state
that the project -as outlined below has been tentatively adopted.
It is proposed to phrohaee the Hardenburg Traot of land looatea on Talley Road, Fairmont Ave. andilt. Sleasant Ave. , for the sum of $20,000.00.
•it is. proposed to locate, on this property, the Town 'Hall and Holies Station for The Town of West Orange.
The Town Council of West Orange is ready to contribute the stun
of $15,000. , Towards the purohase of this tract and to erect on a part of it, .the Town -.1 building.
From Hr. Andrew Carnegie we have an offer of the construction of a Huhiio library oosting $15,000. , upon the understanding that the 'Town of WeBt -Orange Will, in 'Addition to furnishing, the site ’for the library-, con¬ tribute annually, the Bum of $l,h00. , for the maintenance of the same.
The-Tdwn Council of West Orange is ready to accept the- gifT and, -meet ‘.the jse qui rOmdnt «■ The ' library will be located on the.- Hardenburg tract
near The-^new Down Hall.
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•It d'S propose® t‘d purchase from Simeon H.Rolliueen, the land . ipwned by b-to on Talley. Hoad, adjbihing-the present. Fire Fngine HCuee, for the; atwrof faifQOP. aid to Convert the -sjime into a Parl^i '\f$. have handed you a sketch sbo^pg i:hiB property;- as well, as a a^etch of the Town Hall
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and Public library, and suggestion as to the treatment of this Hardenburg
traot» ,
There has been, necessarily, a variation from the original park
project, as the Essex County Park Commission has found itself unable to ac¬ cept the land tendered by the Citizens’ league, or to assist the league in any way at the present time. We therefore feel it our duty to inform you of this faot, and ask your co-operation in earrylng through the modified project as now outlined.
The coBt of this pland to the Citizens’ League will be, ae follows:-
Contribution towards the purohaee of the Hardenburg tract, $ 5,000.00 For the purchase of the Rollinspn traot, (about 7 acres,) 18,000.00
Improving and treating of the Hollinson land into a
■playground and park, 3,000.00
$20,000.00
We herewith enclose a partial list of the subscribers to the fund raised by subscription to carry through the original enterprise and who are now invited to participate in the present project. One.-half of original subscribers have been Been personally and have cordially Consented. All others are now being communicated with in this manner by letter. Payment of subsoriptiohB to the fund mSy be made to:- Robert Dun DougiaS,
Thomas A. Gillespie., and Charles F» Rand,
•who are willing to hot he a Commitee to oomplete the enterprise, and oheoks
if 'mailed to "T.A.Giileepie, .Room 1R08, 71 Broadway, Hew York City," will be properly receipted for.
We feel Bure of y6hr Continued ^teresf ii the project which prdmlSeS so maoh tfpr ths benefit of West Orange-, and will appreciate yo^r Very truly youVSi
[ENCLOSURE]
Thomas A. Edison,
T. A. Gillespie, Charles F . Hand,
Robert Ban Douglas, Benjamin Douglas, Jr., Everett Colby,
John Crosby Brown,
Mrs; John Burke,
E. R. Hiohole,
C. F. Watson,
Eugene Delano,
A. B. Jenkins, Gottfried Kruger,
0. D. Munn,
George Merok,
Charles R. Browning, James Girdwood, Maroellus H. Dodge, Richard M. Colgate,
R. A. Franks,
John O'Rourke,
J. 0. leald,
J. W. Gladstone, George Spottiswoode , Douglas Robinjtfson, David Green; — Mrs. 'H. A. Mandeville,
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As President' of the Association Railway Telegraph Superintendents I take the liberty of calling your attention to our annual meeting, to he held at Indianapolis June 15th, 16th and 17th proxmo,and in behalf of the Association ask if you oan make it convenient to be with us during all or a
After adjournment we purpose going to the St.louis Exposition in a body,possibly the morning of the 17th.
The prospects are fair for a good attendance with an interesting and instructive program and your presence would be highly appreciated. Will take pleasure in arranging transportation for yourself and members of your family over the Big Pour road.
Trusting that, we may have a favorable reply, I am,
Yours sincerely,' ’*
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elation, we are to publish each day a small booklet whioh will contain the offiolal list of members ana guests In attendance at the forthcoming Convention in Boston. In order to facilitate this work, and to insure its aoouraoy, will you kindly fill out the enclosed card and return this in the stamped envelope sent herewith?
If it is not your intention to be represented, we would be greatly obliged if you will so state on the
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■ Yours very truly,
THE CASSIER MAGAZINE CO.
Secretary.
Mi1. Ihomas A. Edison, Orange,' W-. J.'
Dear Sir: -
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ELECTRICAL WORLD
^ENGINEER
11+ LIBERTY ST. NEW YORK.
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T. A. Edison, Esq., L —
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Mr. Edison: -
I am in receipt of your esteemed favor this morning %Lth subscription of $6000to the institute Building Find, and W to thank you for same. The announcement of this generous gift waB made at the annual meeting this morning by President Arnold and was received with great applause. '’ Hot only is, it a handsome contribution to our funds, but will Have its effect on other subscribers, aaroof of which fact was ?iven by the action of Dr. Pui&^givi ^WoS7~With -the contributions received this week the fund is already over $60,000 and we still have contributions to receive ffom 76 % of the mem¬ bership. in other words, some 600 members iiave^given us an av¬ erage of $100 apiece, we hardly expect to maintain an average better than $60 per member. Even that would give us $160,000 without counting anything from the big companies.
X sent recently to England four or five copies of the photograph in which you did me the honor of being taken with me outside the library. My people in England are very much delight¬ ed with these photographs, especially as it is suoh a |ood picture of you. They are framing thenr up and I have been askik to get :
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from you if you will be good enough two nice autographs to be framed up with two of the pictures. 1 don't want to take muoh of your time, but if you would favor me with these to go to Eng¬ land X should be very muoh obliged.
Believe me with regards
Yours truly.
May 18th, 1904.
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Orange N. J.
B.»r Mr.Mi.on:- ']jUr«-'V-'
With reference to your favor of the 14th inst .giving reasons for not attending our coming Annual Meeting.
Answering the question you propound therein, we notice there is one good indication that you are not Immune so fair as heat is concerned, or you would know how to spell the word which expresses the greatest degree of heat, however our mutiial friend James Whitcomb Riley says he' will refuse to appear before the Meeting and recite "When the frost is on the Pumpkin and the fodder's in the shook" unless you are present, Since you were here the old town has added
several hundred acres in the way of Parks and with the broad waters of White River and Pogue's Run we will guarantee you a cool atmosphere and trust you will reconsider and conclude to attend.
Our Local Committee on Entertainment will have a program which I feel sure you would enjoy and June is the ideal month to take in the St. Louis side. show. Please come]
Yours sincerely,
ELECTRICAL WORLD
®I ENGINEER
114 LIBERTY ST. NEWYORK.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, IT. J.
Dear Sir:-
X take pleasure in enclosing herewith a few prints from the bookplate which Mr. Edward D. Adams so very kindly had engraved for the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In addition to the regular bookplate Mr. Adams had a special name plate engraved for the more generous donors to the Library, among whom you are numbered.
Should you desire more copies X shall be very glad to forward them, as Mr. Adams had French print; considerably more than corresponds to the number of your vblumes now on the Library shelves.
Very truly yours,
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Oct. 6, 1904,
[ENCLOSURE]
FREDK. PEARCE, VlOE-PREST.
tary of the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association recently it was found that your application for membership was missing, and as it is desired to have a complete record, will you kirfdly fill out the accompanying blank, and forward to me at your earliest convenience, and greatly oblige.
Fraternally yours,
John Brant,
Secretary.
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1 904. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-04-1 0)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison's family. Included are letters pertaining to the financial difficulties of Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison, and the financial interests of the Miller family. Also included are several items relating to family property in Port Huron, Michigan.
All of the documents have been selected except for duplicates.
anil ffiahoratory
Foreign
— M,y dear Johnny-:
i„ Eiiison spark Wiikh Replying to yoy£ favor of the I Oth Inst
l. liiiison ping Protectors would say that X have not lose the money but on the l. Eiiison Plug Testers contrary took stringent meeuftires to save my place and
r,. Edison inner Tube Tcsteisuceeded beyond my expectations.
i.. Eiiison Spark coils I begged of father to procure me an agency for a machin
Etc., Etc., Etc. but as he paid no attention to my request,! procured
_ aid from two business men of the town.
elianlenl Engineers M0W 1 h&V9 th® »Sency for the FORD, the St LOUis and the ■ctricalEn neers RO.Val Tourist. :
ngineers r would also call your attention to the fact that I hav
paid all tny obligations and my place is free from debt idol Makers and T have plenty of capital to go ahead with,
swings Mode In regards to the money loaned me by my father would
— say that X will begin to pay back in a short time.
Now in regards to the Hapgoods letter-About three weeks ago when I thought the place would not be able to con¬ tinue as the debts were 50^ greater than the receipts X went to Hapgoods and had my name placed on the list of applicants for positions giving $3000.00 or more a year. I did this for the reason that should I fail I would have somthing to step into.
In stead of going down the ladder X intend to keep on going up and I give my father fair warning that if I can get the $5000.00 job that I am after X would sell my place and pay back all money and except the job in a minuet. Nobody but a damn fool would do otherwise as you would have to have a Smith & Mabley place to make anywheres near that amount.
If my father is afraid chat I wont be able to meet his notes then I have, a man who has confidence in me enough to pay them himself at any bank in the country.
I may be a fool some of the time but not a fool all of the time.Refering back to the Hapgodd matter would say that steping from a garage that has never made me a cen to date to a $5000. position is by no means stepping down the ladder but on the contrary is skipping several rounds on the upward jump.
Kindly convey my congratulations to my father and say that I wish him many happy returns of the day and that in case any disaster comes over me i aia not afraid to tell you damn quick. Ever your friend.
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— in hand paid by tlio said part.^_of tho second part, tbo receipt whereof is hereby cc acknowledged, do^.by these present g&nt, bargain, soil, remise, release, alien and confirm ouu
said part^of tho second part, and - lUjL- - JiCirs and assigns, Fo hrl all ' certain j
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part^of the first part, - JU*U— heirs. oxcj.tors and - _ administrators, do^*.
covenant, grant, bargain and agree to and with tho said part^of tho second part . nlh . _ieira
I and assigns, that at tho time of tho ensealing and delivery Q these presents MjL-jj well seized of the above granted premises in Fee Simple; that they are free from all incumbrances whatever^ =_
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The enclosed iJtter explains itself., and I take it that it covers some of the l/anes which you. put in my name while you were prospecting in that ^faction, all of which you will remember and know what to do with thi/s particular oase.
1 am in nfceipt of yours of the 26:thf nit, and hope now to be kept fully in mund when the time oomes for you to take up the battery matter with/me.
1 Thanking you for your reply, i am^
^ \ / Very truly yourB, (/
Mr. Randolph
Referring to the attached fetter from Albert E. Rohinaon, 1 suggest that you have him render a regular bill for the costs amounting to $4.40 whioh you can then pay, deducting the amount from the account of T.A.E. Jr.
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My dear Johnny-;
Mrs Edison dosiros mo to say that in tly send all nail to the above address.
As you are not probably awaro that I have sorvcredf connection with Mr aloe and have become associated with Mr W.Curtiss Hi/t and Mr Marshall Hill who form the corporation of W.C.Hill & Co.
We have ordered several cars- a? a starter c above address.
Mr Hico did some underhand work with tb/ finances of the c have compelled him to quit.
Trusting that allsids well at the laboratory and that you are enjoying the best of health, I remain,
Voruy truly Lours, i
f future you can
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Iranis And Magazines,
New York, Oot . 7 , 1904 ,
I have submitted a plan to your attorney, Mr. Frank L. Iyer, whereby you can make known to the victims of. the Thomaa A. Edison , Jr. Chemical Company, and the public at large throughout the united States, the fact that they have been duped by the fraud¬ ulent use of the name "Edison" by the above concern.
Ab from 75,000 to 100,000 people have purchased thiB vitalizer on aooount o f your personal International reputation, and as no doubt each and every one of them believed it to be your Invention, the plan I have in mind should interest you, as it would make known to the thousands of victims the exact status' of affaire and re-oBtablleh the fame of the name "Edison" in the minds of these unf ortunates .
On a strictly business basis I oaused to be placed the reading articles that appeared in the various newspapers through- out the ynited States and which brought the business to the Edison Sf J?1® “«• ^lme not knowing the merits or demerits or the article, which, of oourse, was none of my business from a newspaper agent's standpoint . a
Of fh. «r,.Dy®r was to fumiBh him with a list
or the 1 dent ioal papers In which these various reading notices appeared from which the Edison Jr. Chemical Co. obtained their oustomers , and write tap a story from extraots taken from the various
ffflSnt Cit? accounts
fraudulent oonoern, eo as to acquaint the readers of these various Sap?rB who k®*9 1)9911 duped, with thd exact situation, tainri^f^m S ^BB<0:r Jhe 35JlBOn> Jr- Chemical Co. was not ob-
advertising in and around New York City, but throughout •the various oitiea of the United States from Mai ne to California.-
Wm. A. Moll,
SIC WOODBRIDGE BUILDING,
Nmv York, 10/7/04
ADVERTISING IN APEHS AND MAOAZINES,
It occurred, to me, owing to the pride you have in the hietorio name of "Edison", that you w> uld be willing to expend enough money through the oolumns of the above mentioned papers, to acquaint the readers of the papers in whidi the Edison, Jr. Chemical Co. reading articles appeared, with the true facts, instead of allowing these. 75, 000 to 100,000 to:. Oontinue for the balance of their life to believe that they had bought a worthless invention of an Edison.
I have submitted the plan to Mr. Dyer and he telephoned me thiB afternoon, through his assistant, Mr. Holden, that while he believed the plan was good, I should do nothing further in' the matter as it was his opinion that to accomplish this work would cost too rauoh money.
I believe that if I oould have a personal interview with you that we could oome to an arrangement whereby the amount of money necessary to expend to bring about these results would be satisfactory to you, and I respeotfully request that you grant me a personal interview at your earliest convenience .
Yours very truly,
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29, 1904.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Madam:
I heg to enclose you herewith a note for §2500 drawn to your order "by Mr. Ira H. Miller, the same falls due on the 2nd day of January this coming year, 1905.
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My dear John: —
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with blank form attached, which explain themselves.
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Hope Lodge, No. 124,
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To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren:
The undersigned, a Master Mason in good standing,
formerly of. . . Lodge, Mo _
located at . state of. .
hereby presents his dimit from said Lodge, and respectfully asks
to be admitted to membership in. . „ .
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arrival of the check and for which I am very thank full You see I have been to great expense in getting out my spark plugs .protectors etc and have spent quite a sum in looking up patents etc. I have now a very good thing in the way of a plug and have already placed an order for #100 with a large auto conserh here.
Mr Gruenfeldt who is my draughtsman is a graduate of Hiedelburg and is a mechanical and electrical engineer and most of his ideas are exceedingly good. .
I am now having made a spark coil which will eclipse any now on the market and besides this he has made other things that will take and which cost but little to get up and place on the marked* X am looking forwarp
to a good business this spring and if my goods take on the popularity that I expect they will I will be in position to repay you for your kindiness and also begin to take up' the notes. •
I -have a large manufacturer in Cleveland who does alt my work and. the only expense I have to go to now is, Alt -u*i j£a- dozen or 'so samples' ahdTalt Tmy goods are sold thr'ougy^^’1'.;- ‘them whicti enables ‘me to keep only a small stock on V hand. with "but little expense attached.
J Will forward t you , some of my goods as soon as possible,
Your loving son, "
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1904. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-04-18)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Most of the items for 1904 are reports sent to William E. Gilmore, vice president and general manager of the company, by the Mooney & Boland detective agency. The reports pertain to the activities of James Garvin, Chicago agent for the Edison Manufacturing Co. and executive of the National Phonograph Co.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected, including a representative sample of the detectives' reports. Among the items not selected are routine letters regarding fan motors and phonoplex circuits.
Other items in the Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing Co. can be found in D-04-02 (Battery - Primary) and in D-04-24 (Motion Pictures).
R. C. P. HOLMES
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OOJFIBlHiiAL Re .Tames Garvin.
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REPORT.
#6523040. Chicago, Ill.
Wednesday, August 17th, 1904.
Pear Sir:-
Today an operative was sent to the office of James Garvin 304 V/abais Ave. under a suitable pretext, for the purpose of identi¬ fying him and afterwards identifying him to an operative detailed to shadow him.
They report that the subject left his place of business at 5.30 P.H. walked over to the saloon on the corner of Jackson Blvd. and Wabash Ave. and had a drink, remaining there ten minutes. He then returned to his office, 304 Wabash Ave. and remained there until 6 P.K when he came out with a lady described as 26 or 27 years old; about 5 feet 7 inches tall; medium build; about. 125 pounds; dark complexion; dark hair, wearing a blue skirt, shirt waist, light jacket and blue hat. This woman was apparently his