[D8416ADY], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Symes Andrews, January 14th, 1884
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Title
[D8416ADY], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Symes Andrews, January 14th, 1884
Editor's Notes
[TAE APPARENTLY STILL KEEPING UP WITH PUBLICATIONS BY CROOKES, ET. AL.] I have your letter of the 11st inst and in reply beg to say that I think radiant matter a humbug. Edlund's (?) theory of the conductivity of a perfect vacuum. the apparent resistance being due to polarization at the surface of the electrodes, perfectly explains the action because the current varies with every different metal being lowest for zinc and highest for carbon. The resistance also changes with the current showing polarization.# the pamphlet you speak of had not yet come to hand.
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Recipient
Date
1884-01-14
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
D8416-F
Microfilm ID
71:804
Document ID
D8416ADY
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University