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[D8704AGG], Letter from Stephen Dudley Field to Thomas Alva Edison, December 27th, 1887

Title: [D8704AGG], Letter from Stephen Dudley Field to Thomas Alva Edison, December 27th, 1887
Editor's Notes: Do you recall a conversation between ourselves and S.G. Reid during negotiations over the formation of the Electric Railway Co. in which I mentioned to you a plan for a "railway connection involving two generating stations each of different polarity on either end of a railway track making return through the traffic rails and feeding through two supplemental rails"? [drawing included]; I've applied for a patent on the device and have been confronted with an English patent of 1883; you did not think much of the arrangement at the time.
Author: Field, Stephen Dudley
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: Electric Railway Company of the United States; Tate, Alfred Ord
Date: 1887-12-27
Type: Letter
Subject: Patent application; Electric traction
Folder ID: D8704-F
Microfilm ID: 119:355
Document ID: D8704AGG
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8704AGG
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
License: CC0 1.0 Universal

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