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[D8704ACY], Letter from John Alfred Brashear to Thomas Alva Edison, September 28th, 1887

Title: [D8704ACY], Letter from John Alfred Brashear to Thomas Alva Edison, September 28th, 1887
Editor's Notes: [JNO. A. Brashear, Manufacturer of Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Diffraction Grating Plates and General Optical Apparatus] Would like to contribute an instrument gratis to the new lab simply in order to be represented there, perhaps a concave grating spectroscope for photographing the solar and other spectra--"one of the latest triumphs of spectroscopic work"--a Great Lick Spectroscope, or one of our polarizing solar eye pieces."
Author: Brashear, John Alfred
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: West Orange Laboratory; Barker, George Frederick
Date: 1887-09-28
Type: Letter
Subject: Scientific and other instruments; Astronomy; Light and optics
Folder ID: D8704-F
Microfilm ID: 119:228
Document ID: D8704ACY
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8704ACY
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 119

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