[LB040276], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Phillips B Shaw, April 30th, 1890
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April 30, 1890 F.B. Shaw, Esq., Williamsport, Pa. Dear Sir:- I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 28th instant, enclosing sketch of an electric meter designed by Mr. J.C. Hill. I have submitted this to Mr. Edison, and he desires me to say that the device is impracticable. In the first place, the quantity of host produced is not proportionate to the current which passes through the immersed conductor; and in the second place, the information given the text books in regard to cold, is erroneous, as is a great deal of other information contained in these books. The amount of cold produced is about one degree of Fahrenheit. Yours very truly, A.O. Tate Private Secretary