[X154A5BO], Letter from Uriah Hunt Painter to Edward Hibberd Johnson, February 21st, 1886
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- Title
- [X154A5BO], Letter from Uriah Hunt Painter to Edward Hibberd Johnson, February 21st, 1886
- Editor's Notes
- Baird, who is in charge of the Smithsonian, says he is willing to recommend to Congress that the museum be open in the evening and that it should be lit with incandescent lights; the museum covers 107,000 sq. ft with ceilings 25-30 ft. high; it's one story.###Can you give me a rough estimate or how many lamps it would take; I'll need that before I go before the Congressional Committees.###I'm in favor of offering to do it at cost.###I think it will take 2,500 to 3,000 lamps.###There is a small plant there now, which the U.S. people put in three years ago; has about 75 lamps used to light lecture room; hasn't been much of a success.
- Author
- Painter, Uriah Hunt
- Recipient
- Johnson, Edward Hibberd
- Date
- 1886-02-21
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- X154A5-F
- Document ID
- X154A5BO
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Item sets
- [X154A5-F] Unbound Documents (1886)