[NM024080], Telegram from Thomas Alva Edison to Siemens Bros (London), November 1st, 1889
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Title
[NM024080], Telegram from Thomas Alva Edison to Siemens Bros (London), November 1st, 1889
Editor's Notes
[this cable was written at the end of Kennelly's analysis of the Niagara Power estimates] Cable grams sent 1 XI 89 To SiemensBros London from Edison N.Y. Cable approximate price of one hundred knots lightly armoured cable with stranded core four hundred and twenty square millimeter and guta percha five mllimeters thick in several layers with intermediate compound. Reply received 5 XI 89 to Edison Orange from Siemens [pound sign] 1750 per know exclusive of packing delivered works Woolwich. The water distance to City Hall is 22 statute miles 4 cables are 88 x 0.876 = 77.1 knot [pound sign] 1750 @ 4.90 = 38576 = $661.000. for $20,000
Author
Recipient
Date
1889-11-01
Type
Folder/Volume ID
NM024-F
Microfilm ID
104:516
Document ID
NM024080
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University