[D7838ZEW], Letter from Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, George S Ladd to Thomas Alva Edison, September 28th, 1878

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Title

[D7838ZEW], Letter from Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, George S Ladd to Thomas Alva Edison, September 28th, 1878

Editor's Notes

of 100 carbon buttons sent about 40% ok for use, one half of those being slightly damaged, have found no difficulty in making them here [SF] by pressing powdered carbon into place in phones rather than making first in a mold, Walker writes that Phelps and Bentley find buttons made out of gas coke work well as the composition and are indestructible

Date

1878-09-28

Type

Folder/Volume ID

D7838-F

Microfilm ID

19:772

Document ID

D7838ZEW

Publisher

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