[LB029477], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Sherburne Blake Eaton, May 20th, 1889
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Title
[LB029477], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Sherburne Blake Eaton, May 20th, 1889
Editor's Notes
"Here is a letter from the Editor of "American Notes and Queries," asking Mr. Edison to suggest a new word which would express the act of executing by electricity. Mr. Edison has made several suggestions, such as ampermort (which suggests death by passage of amperes of current through the body, and dynamort (suggestive of dynamic death), and other words such as electromort (death by electricity). The trouble is that none of us here remember enough latin to inspire confidence in the etymology of these coined words. Mr. Edison would like you to revise them." Yours very truly, A.O. Tate
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Date
1889-05-20
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
LB029-F
Microfilm ID
139:184
Document ID
LB029477
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University