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[D8049ZAD2], Legal Testimony, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), January 20th, 1880

Title: [D8049ZAD2], Legal Testimony, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), January 20th, 1880
Editor's Notes: Thomson affidavit. In "exceedingly general" definition of telegraph for Ency Brit, "I did not in any way contemplate including such an instrument as the Bell or the Edison Telephone and in my judgment neither of these instruments can be correctly included in the term "Telegraph." Inconceivable that these novel instruments fall under BPO's legislated monopology. Reiss musical toy not a telephone. Stokes affidavit follows, fr 384. Telephone is novel apparatus, not a form of telegraph.
Author: Thomson, William, (Lord Kelvin)
Mentioned: Bell, Alexander Graham; Edison, Thomas Alva
Date: 1880-01-20
Type: Legal Testimony
Subject: Litigation; Telegraph; Telephone
Folder ID: D8049-F
Microfilm ID: 56:383
Document ID: D8049ZAD2
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8049ZAD2
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
License: CC0 1.0 Universal
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 56

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