[LM111058], Letter from Arthur Edwin Kennelly to Thomas Alva Edison, September 5th, 1888
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Title
[LM111058], Letter from Arthur Edwin Kennelly to Thomas Alva Edison, September 5th, 1888
Editor's Notes
[is this commercial product testing at laboratory?] "I beg to submit to your notice the following report upon the test made of a number of watches according to your instructions with a view to discerning as accurately as possible the susceptibility of these watches to magnetic influence and also to change of temperature.## We have today comlleted our last operations in the series of tests which have extended over more than two months. ## The order of the report is as follows": 1) description of watches; 2) description of method of testing; 3) statement of observations; 4) conclusions based on entire series of tests. "A list of the advertized non-magnetic watches was supplied to the Laboratory by the Non Magnetic Watch Co. of America, together with a suggested plan for carrying out the tests of their [illeg] under varying temperatures….." [detailed descriptions of tests and their results follow]
Author
Recipient
Date
1888-09-05
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LM111-F
Microfilm ID
109:131
Document ID
LM111058
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University