[D8252M], Letter from George A Hamilton, Western Union to Thomas Alva Edison, August 7th, 1882

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Title

[D8252M], Letter from George A Hamilton, Western Union to Thomas Alva Edison, August 7th, 1882

Editor's Notes

Re: yours of 24th. Please advise me of weight and cost of your machines most suited for local purposes, ie., working sounders. Also give armature resistance---as low as .01 ohm? Extensive TAE marg: "One of our Z machines could be wound to give say 3 volts. Its resistance would be 1/10,000 of ohm (one ten-thousandths). We have two armatures that are used in our regular Z machines, one of .035 ohm resis giving 55 volts & one of .14 ohm giving 100 volts. 500 lines of 100 ohms each could be worked from this machine........[discusses ft.lbs., elec losses]. Price of regular Z as above $1200 setup.= Current perfectly steady. We also make attachments to commutators whereby you can run several circuits from the same bobbin each having different volts." [might want to consider selecting for this marginalia about prospective new application]

Date

1882-08-07

Type

Folder/Volume ID

D8252-F

Microfilm ID

63:694

Document ID

D8252M

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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