[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
- Author
- Tate, Alfred Ord
- Recipient
- Eaton, Sherburne Blake
- Mentioned
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-05-20
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Electrocution
- Folder ID
- LB029-F
- Microfilm ID
- 139:184
- Document ID
- LB029477
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 139
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Item sets
- [LB029-F] LB-029 (Apr-May 1889)