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\nSamuel Insull, Esq., Second Vice Pre’t
\nEdison Gen’l Electric Co.,
\nNew York City,
\nDear Sir:-
\nI beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter from Mr. Arange, the General Manager of the Edison Spanish Colonial Light Company, in regard to non-carburated carbons.
\nWhat I did not understand in Mr. Arange’s previous letter was his statement to the effect that his friend carbonized the filament without carborating it. Mr. Arango’s use of the term “carborate” is the first time I have seen it applied in this sense. Had he “without flashing the filament,” I would have understood what he meant.
\nPerhaps Mr. Arange is not aware of the fact that we do not flash or carborate our filaments, and never did so. Our filaments are made without flashing; and as no one has ever yet equaled us in this respect, I Arange refers. There are a great many similar processes, many of which have been tried and proved to be failures; and as it takes six or eight months to determine absolutely the value of such a thing, and as our lamp test room is now full, I do not think it is desirable for us to undertake any new experiments in this direction.
\nYours very truly,
\nThos A. Edison"},{"label":"Author","value":"Edison, Thomas Alva"},{"label":"Recipient","value":["Edison General Electric Co","Insull, Samuel"]},{"label":"Mentioned","value":["Edison Spanish Colonial Light Co","Arango, Aurelio"]},{"label":"Date","value":"1891-06-18"},{"label":"Type","value":"Letter"},{"label":"Subject","value":["Carbon, coal, glass, ceramics","Incandescent lamp"]},{"label":"Folder/Volume ID","value":"LB050-F"},{"label":"Microfilm ID","value":"142:353"},{"label":"Document ID","value":"LB050062"},{"label":"URL","value":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB050062"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Thomas Edison National Historical Park"},{"label":"Publisher","value":"Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University"},{"label":"Timestamp","value":"18 June 1891"},{"label":"Has Version","value":"Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 142"}],"sequences":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/sequence/normal","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"Current Page Order","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","canvases":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/canvas/p1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"1","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/files/medium/LB050062/fl0350.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":870,"height":1073},"width":870,"height":1073,"images":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/annotation/p0001-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/264735/full/870,1073/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":870,"height":1073,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/264735","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/canvas/p1"}],"metadata":[{"label":"transcription","value":"June 18, 1891
\nSamuel Insull, Esq., Second Vice Pre’t
\nEdison Gen’l Electric Co.,
\nNew York City,
\nDear Sir:-
\nI beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter from Mr. Arange, the General Manager of the Edison Spanish Colonial Light Company, in regard to non-carburated carbons.
\nWhat I did not understand in Mr. Arange’s previous letter was his statement to the effect that his friend carbonized the filament without carborating it. Mr. Arango’s use of the term “carborate” is the first time I have seen it applied in this sense. Had he “without flashing the filament,” I would have understood what he meant.
\nPerhaps Mr. Arange is not aware of the fact that we do not flash or carborate our filaments, and never did so. Our filaments are made without flashing; and as no one has ever yet equaled us in this respect, I Arange refers. There are a great many similar processes, many of which have been"}]},{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/canvas/p2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"2","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/files/medium/LB050062/fl0351.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":872,"height":1073},"width":872,"height":1073,"images":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/annotation/p0002-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/264736/full/872,1073/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":872,"height":1073,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/264736","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB050062/canvas/p2"}],"metadata":[{"label":"transcription","value":"tried and proved to be failures; and as it takes six or eight months to determine absolutely the value of such a thing, and as our lamp test room is now full, I do not think it is desirable for us to undertake any new experiments in this direction.
\nYours very truly,
\nThos A. Edison"}]}]}]}