[D8949AAP], Letter from George J Northrop to Thomas Alva Edison, February 17th, 1889

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Title

[D8949AAP], Letter from George J Northrop to Thomas Alva Edison, February 17th, 1889

Editor's Notes

I am anxious to learn something about the eletrolytic process of separating and refining copper and would be glad to know what works to return to for information. We know that copper is one of the best conductors of Electricity and that it is not attracted by the magnet like iron and first I would like to devise some way of working and separating copper by a a dry process instead of putting the matter in solution as I understand that they do. I cannot force a manage by Electricity source process by which copper and silber can by of trained please from the matter on separated from toher foreighten material whether it by brother or pulcerised stone or another material.

Date

1889-02-17

Type

Folder/Volume ID

D8949-F

Microfilm ID

126:1001

Document ID

D8949AAP

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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