[X098A027], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Francis Robbins Upton, July 20th, 1888

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Title

[X098A027], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Francis Robbins Upton, July 20th, 1888

Editor's Notes

[TAE ALS] "Upton: For a special Experiment I want 250 fibres cut of each of following sizes. They are to be sent to Hickmann imediately: 4x11 3x12 without shankes & regular length. Tell Lawson the last carbons in new forms vary in volts very much have low economy & look as if they were not going to make a good record."

URL

https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/X098A027

Author

Edison, Thomas Alva

Recipient

Upton, Francis Robbins

Mentions

Lawson, John W
Hickman, David Kelsey

Date

1888-07-20

Decade

1880-1889

Type

Letter

Subject

Research and development
Incandescent lamp

Identifier

X098A027

Folder Set

X098A-F

Rights

NMAH Archives Center

Publisher

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

Item sets

Correspondence (1879-1930)