Skip to main content

The Thomas A. Edison Papers Digital Edition

[LB051214], Telephone Message from John Kruesi to Arthur Edwin Kennelly, October 1st, 1891
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB051214

Transcription

214/226
Letterhead of Edison Electric Co. Office of Second Vice-President.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
Name of Person Sending         Name of Person Receiving                 Time               Date 
Young                                          D.M.                                                       II.30                 20/I 
From whom received ,     Mr. John Kruesi General Manager Schenectady 
To whom sent,                  Mr. A.K. Kennelly, Consulting Electrician  
I have received the following valuable information by Cable from Siemens & Halske:- 
“The entire Cables used by the government have earth returns. Charge depends upon ratio between diameter of copper and thickness of insulation. One millimeter of copper and 2 8./I0 of insulation is .02 microfarad of insulation with T.C. mass and jute: 
Would it be possible for you to come up here as we have a number of Cables ready for test. One of them is 400 feet length. It seems to me that we could reach a conclusion much more quickly than if we sent one cable to you by express and made the other tests here. 
Sent to Mr. McGuire at Laboratory at 12 A.M.

Export