[D8305ZAA], Letter from John Lucas to Thomas Alva Edison, December 4th, 1883
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- Title
- [D8305ZAA], Letter from John Lucas to Thomas Alva Edison, December 4th, 1883
- Editor's Notes
- letterhead: "reed, lucas & co / steam, smith and fuel coal and superior coke / for furnaces and foundries / hawk's nest, WV" # has invented machine to "bore in the coal" at mines, "intended to work it with spring motor" but asks about possibility of working it by electricity, about 1 horse power, as there is power at mouth of mine, "could you furnish an apparatus that the electricity could be boxed and carried in to the machine after created outside" # TAE marg: "the electrical part is nto very practicable unless wires run through the drifts to furnish power and light from a dynamo at the hostting works"
- Author
- Lucas, John
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1883-12-04
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D8305-F
- Microfilm ID
- 64:439
- Document ID
- D8305ZAA
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 64