[D0101AAD], Letter from Hamilton McKown Twombly, Jr. to Thomas Alva Edison, 1901

https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D0101AAD

View document with UniversalViewer   → View document on Archive.org  → Re-use this digital object via a IIIF manifest

Title

[D0101AAD], Letter from Hamilton McKown Twombly, Jr. to Thomas Alva Edison, 1901

Editor's Notes

Supplied year

Date

1901-00-00

Type

Folder/Volume ID

D0101-F

Microfilm ID

187:13

Document ID

D0101AAD

Publisher

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

Transcription

Vinland
Newport
Rhode Island
My Dear Mr. Edison
I am writing to you to tell you again how pleased I am with your cells. I have only had one breakdown, but that was caused by the stripping of the pinion on the motor, so of course that had nothing to do with the cells. I had a ground of 35 bolts during this wet weather, but I put a rubber mat under the two front trays of cells, where the ground was, and now it is almost entirely gone. I have put a 15 toothed sprocket on the motor, instead of the 10 toothed one that was on it when I got it, and now I can get a speed of 16 or 17 miles an hour, with a maximum run of 35 rules.
I think that the battery is practically perfect and I have had no trouble at all with it.
I want to thank you again for taking so much trouble in fitting the automobile out.
And remain
Sincerely yours
Hamilton Twobly Jr
Download CSV | JSON