[LB062073], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to John Trowbridge, October 19th, 1895
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[LB062073], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to John Trowbridge, October 19th, 1895
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1895-10-19
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LB062-F
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143:785
Document ID
LB062073
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Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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Oct. 19th, 1895.
John Trowbridge, Esq.,
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.,
My dear Mr. Trowbridge:-
I duly received your letter of the 10th, but absence from town has prevented my replying to you until this time. I should very much like to accept the invitation of yourself and Mrs. Trowbridge, and to receive the Rumford medals in November, but as you doubtless know, I have a very large experiment going on in the Mountains of New Jersey, and I am now giving my entire time to the matter, as it is just now at a very critical point, so much so that it requires my personal attention, as the work is on such a gigantic scale, and the problems are so difficult. I have a large force of men working night and day, and I am therefore unable to leave them, until I have the work finished, and the plant in running order. I cannot therefore see how it will be possible for me to go up to Cambridge, until after the 1st of the new year. I should very much like to show you and Mr. Agassiz this crushing mill when running. The Calumet & Heckler plant crushes 3700 tons per day, whereas we crush 4000 tons per day.
Assuring you that I shall take the first opportunity to come up and see you, and to receive the medals, and regretting my inability to take advantage of your hospitality during this year, and with kindest regards, believe me,
Yours very truly,
John Trowbridge, Esq.,
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.,
My dear Mr. Trowbridge:-
I duly received your letter of the 10th, but absence from town has prevented my replying to you until this time. I should very much like to accept the invitation of yourself and Mrs. Trowbridge, and to receive the Rumford medals in November, but as you doubtless know, I have a very large experiment going on in the Mountains of New Jersey, and I am now giving my entire time to the matter, as it is just now at a very critical point, so much so that it requires my personal attention, as the work is on such a gigantic scale, and the problems are so difficult. I have a large force of men working night and day, and I am therefore unable to leave them, until I have the work finished, and the plant in running order. I cannot therefore see how it will be possible for me to go up to Cambridge, until after the 1st of the new year. I should very much like to show you and Mr. Agassiz this crushing mill when running. The Calumet & Heckler plant crushes 3700 tons per day, whereas we crush 4000 tons per day.
Assuring you that I shall take the first opportunity to come up and see you, and to receive the medals, and regretting my inability to take advantage of your hospitality during this year, and with kindest regards, believe me,
Yours very truly,