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[NM016ABE], Technical Note, Thomas Alva Edison, May 20th, 1881

Title: [NM016ABE], Technical Note, Thomas Alva Edison, May 20th, 1881
Editor's Notes: 1st image: fixtures. 2nd image: very nice illustration of disk dynamo. 3rd image: junction boxes, meters, fixtures. 4th image: lamp design: "Long bulb so it can be cut off & used many times" 5th image: bar armature sketch using concentric shells to connect to commutator. 6th image: armature sketches: "This way on reg machine for connecting bars by rings instead of plates" and "disc principle applied to reg made bands in middle--but only 1 commutator" 7th image: "Case No. 324 Using Gas pipes in House only" 8th image: case 325: "Moulded in polished mould slight taper Heat [---] Temp not enough to affect [---]" Uses rubber. 9th image: case 322: for lamp: "platina seal soldering two platinum rings together= Taken apart by heat or acid (nitric acid)"
Author: Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: Mott, Samuel Dimmick
Date: 1881-05-20
Type: Technical Note
Subject: Incandescent lamp; Dynamos and generators; Electrical distribution system
Folder ID: NM016-F
Microfilm ID: 44:290
Document ID: NM016ABE
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/NM016ABE
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 44

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