[LB005346], Letter from Charles Batchelor, Thomas Alva Edison to Bergmann & Co, November 17th, 1879
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- Title
- [LB005346], Letter from Charles Batchelor, Thomas Alva Edison to Bergmann & Co, November 17th, 1879
- Editor's Notes
- Have just received enclosed order [p. 3; follows on film] for good. Please go around and get the lowest possible prices they can be discovered at; if satisfactory I'll add 10% commission to you. "Notify me immediately which of them can be got at once, so that we shall not have to wait..." Regarding porcelain screw insulators, if they can't gotten then get price for 500 screw glass. Wire cleets must be same as those used by WU. Enclosed are sketch & specs for reverse switch, also specs of annunciators [see below, p. 352]]. Page 350: Order: 500 cells Watson bat; 1000 rubber hook insulators; 1000 pony insulators; 1000 brackets for above; 1000 top pins for above; 1000 wooden office wire cleets for 2 wires; 1000 cleets for 4 wires; 50 2-wire reverse switches; 20 one drop annunciators; 20 two drop annunciators; 10 three drop annunciators; 10 four drop annunciators; 10 six drop annunciators "as per specifications." p 352: "Specifications for Annunciators. The annunciators are wanted for private lines, where a party has more than one wire in, and only one telephone: to indicate which wire called, and whether a call has been made in absence of office occupant." Specs and sketch.
- Recipient
- Bergmann & Co
- Mentioned
- Western Union
- Date
- 1879-11-17
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- LB005-F
- Microfilm ID
- 80:181
- Document ID
- LB005346
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 80
- Item sets
- [LB005-F] LB-005 (1879-1880)