[D8133ZBS], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Edward Hibberd Johnson, December 31st, 1881
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- Title
- [D8133ZBS], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Edward Hibberd Johnson, December 31st, 1881
- Editor's Notes
- Hard to read letterpress copy. "Regarding your cable about 280 ohm lamps [---] I said what were the chances as to Fabbri making an arrangement in England I knew the economy business would come to the front and therefore I immediately went to Menlo Park and devoted myself to the production of a high resistance lamp." Made 2 or 3 and they work "fairly but I think the life is not more than two hundred hours." Thinks can sell them at 85 cents ea. Placed a safety catch in main dynamo ckt. Discussion of comparative advantages of electricity vs. gas. Asks him to keep an eye out for a square mile in London where can get a cheap bldg for central station, also to start canvassing like in NYC. "Putting in this central station will be very much easier than I at first imagined." [this is nyc station] Asks Johnson to send cost estimates of labor and materials for Holborn.
- Author
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Recipient
- Johnson, Edward Hibberd
- Mentioned
- Telegraphic Journal
- Electrician (London)
- Lumiere Electrique
- Bergmann & Co
- Pacinotti, Antonio
- Fabbri, Egisto Paolo
- Jehl, Francis
- Insull, Samuel
- Hammer, William Joseph
- Date
- 1881-12-31
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D8133-F
- Microfilm ID
- 58:820
- Document ID
- D8133ZBS
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 58