[D8518L], Letter from A B Johnston to Thomas Alva Edison, June 24th, 1885
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8518L
PDF: Archive.org
CSV: Metadata
Metadata
- Title
- [D8518L], Letter from A B Johnston to Thomas Alva Edison, June 24th, 1885
- Editor's Notes
- [Letterhead of Coalburg Coal and Coke Co.] [1] Has electricity ever been used to any practical extent in heat producing for any distance from the source of generation of the electricity? [2] Has it been used for the fusing of metals, such as in blast furnaces, for making iron from ore? [3] Do you consider it practicable to use electricity that way? [4] What amount of power is utilized from transmission of electricity 10 miles over proper conductors? [5] Please send a catalogue of the generators you make, with the amount of power they will generate and convey 10 miles and showing the amount of heat they will produce. TAE Marg [next to each question]: [1] No, [2] yes--small scale, [3] Hardly, [4] 55 @ 60 % commercially{?}, [5] Require considerable calculation.
- Author
- Johnston, A B
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1885-06-24
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D8518-F
- Microfilm ID
- 77:506
- Document ID
- D8518L
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 77