[D0805-F] (D-08-05) Battery -- Storage -- Metals

Document File Series -- 1908

Title
[D0805-F] (D-08-05) Battery -- Storage -- Metals
Description

This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's interest in obtaining metals such as bismuth, cobalt, and lithium for possible use in his alkaline storage battery. The correspondents include W. R. Grace & Co., Edwin V. Machette, E. Schaaf-Regelman, Slipp-Butler Co., and other dealers in ores and minerals. There are also letters from individuals possessing information about sources and prices of bismuth.

Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected. Among the items not selected are letters from individuals and companies informing Edison that they have no bismuth or offering metals in which he had no interest. Some of these letters contain routine Edison marginalia. Also not selected are reports regarding bismuth deposits in Australia, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico; and correspondence from ore and mineral dealers that duplicates information in selected material.
URL
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/D0805-F
Identifier
D0805-F
Type
Document File
Rights
Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of
Document File Series -- 1908
Alternative Title
(D-08-05) Battery -- Storage -- Metals
Has Version
Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 191

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