[LB062690], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 25th, 1896

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Title

[LB062690], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 25th, 1896

Date

1896-11-25

Type

Folder/Volume ID

LB062-F

Microfilm ID

143:906

Document ID

LB062690

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
 

Transcription

Nov 25th 1896
Editor
Rochester Dem. Chron
Rochester. N.Y.
Dear Sir:-
Article announcing discovery that a person blindfold can see moving objects without the aid of a fluoroscope by the X ray was sent to the Electrical Engineer New York and was in print before the San Francisco article was published there.
I did not however experiment with blind persons. Nothing can be seen by the aid of a fluoroscope when one is blindfolded as stated in the San Francisco article, and there is good reason for the fact, because the X ray acting on the fluoroscope is turned into ordinary light. The ray does not pass through to the Eye. Last evening at the Laboratory a child totally blind was made to see her hand and other objects by the X ray but nothing could be seen through the fluoroscope. It is difficult to imagine that the statement in the California paper is correct.
Yours truly.
Thomas A Edison
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