[D7835G], Letter from John Harper Long to Thomas Alva Edison, July 11th, 1878
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Title
[D7835G], Letter from John Harper Long to Thomas Alva Edison, July 11th, 1878
Editor's Notes
Read about heat measurer TAE made for Prof. Langley and wants info -- wants to conduct experiments on conductivity of heat in fluids and needs a finer thermometer than any which physicists presently possess -- has consulted several gentlemen at U. of Tubingen in Wirttenberg, including Profs. Lothar Meyer and DuBois Raymond and they wonder if TAE's inst would work -- this fellow is an American, has met Langley, and would like to introduce TAE's inst among German chemists TAE marg: You can do all you require the delicacy is inf & depends on manip I have sent one to Browning who will make them of any design require to give idea for instance [then goes on to describe expt but difficult to read on film]
Author
Recipient
Date
1878-07-11
Decade
1870-1879
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
D7835-F
Microfilm ID
19:423
Document ID
D7835G
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University