[D8605B], Letter from Harry Croker Cahill to Thomas Alva Edison, January 27th, 1886
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- Title
- [D8605B], Letter from Harry Croker Cahill to Thomas Alva Edison, January 27th, 1886
- Editor's Notes
- [Letterhead of the Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment] Not long ago, during one of the cold snaps, I was in my roon on Staten Island marking some collars and cuffs; the windows were covered with a thin coating of ice. I put the flat iron next to the pane of glass when there followed the most terrific explosion, like a gun, and it knocked me back several feet. It did not break the glass. ##Could you tell me whether electricity had anything to do with this? [TAE Marg.:] "Don't think it electricity. Probably steam, but don't understand why it didn't break glass. Better try it again--if it does it 2nd time, I will investigate."
- Author
- Cahill, Harry Croker
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1886-01-27
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D8605-F
- Microfilm ID
- 79:179
- Document ID
- D8605B
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 79