[D8020ZAI], Letter from New York Sun, R T Patten to Thomas Alva Edison, January 20th, 1880
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- Title
- [D8020ZAI], Letter from New York Sun, R T Patten to Thomas Alva Edison, January 20th, 1880
- Editor's Notes
- "Sun" reporter visited lab 3-4 times after lamp successful; wonders if few drops of mercury at bottom of bulb diffuse heat & prevent breakage? Marg: "The mercury would cross the wires & the currend wouldnt pass through horseshoe. Besides mercury would volatilize in such high vacuum when heated by accumulation [illeg]....."
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1880-01-20
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Vacuum and glass bulb
- Folder ID
- D8020-F
- Microfilm ID
- 53:609
- Document ID
- D8020ZAI
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 53