[D8340P], Letter from A J Lawson to Thomas Alva Edison, May 18th, 1883

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Title

[D8340P], Letter from A J Lawson to Thomas Alva Edison, May 18th, 1883

Editor's Notes

Went to Sarnia to see about proposed installation there. Underground system is only one that can be adopted. Overhead brings risk of conducting lightning into houses. TAE: "We only use metallic circuits Lightning or aurora never interfere with metallic circuits, as far as the lightning is concerned our circuit is open at both ends is in fact a straight wire to the aurora or lightning-- we never [perceive?] it at Roselle--"

Author

Date

1883-05-18

Type

Folder/Volume ID

D8340-F

Microfilm ID

68:320

Document ID

D8340P

Publisher

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