[LB029450], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Century Co, May 17th, 1889
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB029450
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- Title
- [LB029450], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Century Co, May 17th, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- "Mr. Edison has received your letter of 15th instant and says in reply that the word GRAPHOPHONE was coined by some persons and applied to a phonograph of a different mechanical construction than his. They obtained the name by reversing the word PHONOGRAPH." Yours truly, A.O. Tate
- Author
- Tate, Alfred Ord
- Recipient
- Century Co
- Mentioned
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-05-17
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Cylinder phonograph
- Folder ID
- LB029-F
- Microfilm ID
- 139:175
- Document ID
- LB029450
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 139
- Item sets
- [LB029-F] LB-029 (Apr-May 1889)