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EDISON GENERAL FILE SERIES
1919
Edison General File Series 1919. Motion Pictures (E-19-50)
This folder contains correspondence pertaining to Edison's former motion picture business, his contribution to the industry, and to motion pictures generally. Among the items for 1919 is a communication from Charles Edison to his father expressing optimism that the assets sold in 1918 to the now defunct Lincoln & Parker Film Co. can be reacquired and recommending producer Robert L. Giffen as a buyer. Also included are a letter from Herbert Hancock of Fox News requesting Edison to appear in a propaganda effort to "combat the rapid spread of Bolshevism" and a lengthy communication to the New York Tribune from former Edison attorney Frank L. Dyer challenging a statement by attorney Harold Steele MacKaye that French photographer Louis Le Prince invented the motion picture camera.
In addition, there is correspondence with Robert A. Franks, Edison's Llewellyn Park neighbor and Andrew Carnegie's business secretary, regarding a talking motion picture of the late industrialist made five years earlier A letter from film producer Edward A. MacManus invites Edison to attend the screening of The Lost Battalion, a movie about the Battle of Argonne Forest in which the principal characters were played by themselves. Other correspondents include English teacher and prospective screenwriter Mary S. Ayres, traveling exhibitor Lyman H. Howe, Edison associate Miller Reese Hutchison, film industry pioneer Carl Laemmle (whom Edison characterized as a "pirate" and a "crook"), Samuel S. Marquis of the Ford Motor Co., former Motion Picture Patents Co. vice president George F. Scull, and educator J. W. Shepherd. Topics covered in these and other documents include the educational uses of motion pictures, the need for a standard film width, a gyroscope camera acquired by Dyer in 1912, and the construction of the Black Maria film studio. The letter from Shepherd contains a notation by Edison that he was discouraged from making educational films by the utter lack of interest by the Educational authorities & others."
Approximately 30 percent of the documents, including all incoming letters with substantive marginalia by Edison, have been selected. Most of the unselected items are unsolicited inquiries or suggestions that received routine replies stating that Edison had left the motion picture business.
SIXTEEN HUNDRED BROADWAY
VKATTONS TO THE COMPANY AMD
Mr) Thomas A. Edison, c/o Thomas A. Eilso Orange, " '
.
. It has occurred to us, in reading over tne uicmJndousiy engrossing and impressive story of your life and career, that the subject contains wonderful material for a great big motion picture - a picture to— that would be truly an inspiration and a boon to tne ^ American People at the present time.
-Li V.'e feel there is great need of such a work
■y at this very moment and that the moment is now ripe tor
r an expression of some sort on the part of those men who s-s. helped win the war, and who stand at the helm of in- i dustry and public affairs today.
^ } Heroic times call for heroic measures, and it
is up to those who have vision and the spirit of progress v within them to make use of every possible medium- and $ . particularly the screen - to get to tne heart of the
6 r people and to show them, by example, what America has j ' j meant to those who are her accepted leaders.
i c This organization would gladly undertake to
VJ 4 make suoh a production, and would produce it under any «s) .guarantee and assurance you might see fit imp°se; _ _ -3 A and we are prepared to accept any arrangement that would “* <s'4s3Ieave. us the slightest margin of profit.
^ While we are frank to admit this picture
i would be a feather in our cap, we wish to point out VJ dthat it could not but greatly enhance the esteem and *3 -Jpreetige in which you are already held. If nothing -^more, it would make a wonderful record for the future,
' _£ Jand a monument of which you might well be proud.
. •* Whether or not this matter in any way
offends your inclinations, we have no means of know¬ ing; but please be assured that our motive in address¬ ing you emanates solely from a desire to keep abreast of the times and to respond to popular opinion.
Mr. T.A.E. -3- January 34th, 1919
It is hardly necessary to add that Universal is fully qualified to undertake a aommission of this kind, ranking with the largest produoers and distribut¬ ors in the world. You are invited to address any one of the enclosed list for verification.
If you are interested and wish to co-operate with us, our representative will be delighted to oall upon you at your own convenience and outline a detailed plan and scenario of our entire conception. Please wire your answer, and reverse the charges.
With best wishes, we are Very truly yours,
CO.
UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING
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The following Universal Industrial Motion Pictures will be shown by a lecturer to any interested advertiser without charge.
For full information address—
HARRY LEVEY, Manager
Industrial Department
UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO.
1600 Broadway - . . New York
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Budding an Airplane Evaporated Milk .
Arming Our Fighting Men Empire Milking Marine Inventors of Today (Telepho
A Sauarc Deal for HU Wife _ _
Electrical Household Appliances) . Short Pictures of Dairy Show, Textile She The Story of Silk . . .
Over the floods to Victory Careless America— A Safety First Prupa-
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The Making of a Corset My Lady's Veil . . .
May Irwin’s Conservation Loaf Hearts and Jerseys (with May Irwin, a member)
Manufacture of Cotton Piece Goods Paper Making (Educational) . .
Strengthen America— Prohibition P
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(Short) Universal Screen Magazine (Short) 13. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.
1 Reel Bethlehem Ship Building Coip.
8 Reels Dayton-Wrigbt Airplane Co. (Short) Borden Milk Co.
1 Reel Colt Patent Firearms Co.
(Short) Empire Milking Machine Co.
2 RecU Western Electno Co.
2 Reels Western Electric Co.
Individual Exhibitors (Short) Universal Screen Magazine 1 Reel Firestone .Tiro & Rubber Company
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1 Reel Worner Bros. Corset Co.
1 Reel E. & Z. Van Raalte
1 Reel Flcischmann’s Yeast
5 Reels American Jersey Cattle Club
2 Reels Araoskcag Mfg. Co.
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1 Reel Strengthen America Campaign
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1 Reel United Drug Co.
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RE: GYROSCOPE /(CAMERA IH POSSESSION OS’ MR. >o _
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When Mr. Dyer was in Europe 1912 , gure^gsed an op- tion from Electric Gyroscope Cinematograph Camera Company, L$d. on certain patent rights in this camera. fhis option /ms after¬ wards assigned to Thomas A. Edison, Inc., the latter holding it as trustee for Motion Picture Patents Company. The option agreement was afterwards terminated and mutual releases exchanged/ Mr. Dyer brought back one or more of the oameras. The amount paid for the option was £100, and instructions were given to bill this to the Motion Picture Patents Company. We have a bill from Thomas A. Edison Limited at London against Thomas A. Edison, Inc. for cer¬ tain items including one gyroscope camera (no charge). Probably the camera was thrown in as part of the deal and was brought here to be experimented with and tested. The whole question of patent rights has been wound up and there is no necessity for our-^retaining the camera for any legal reason. The only question which seems to be undecided is as to the ownership of the camera. It would probably take a very considerable investigation to determine this.
If Mr. Edison wishes to turn the camera over to Mr. Hutchison, perhaps he should get a letter from Mr. Hutchison in which Mr. Hutohison will agree to return the camera if it turns out that it belongs to some one other than Mr. Edison.
Henry Lanahan
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476 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gentlemen: -
In view of the increasing demand for women in all fields of professional and Business activity perhaps you will permit me to file the following for future reference.
A. Education
1. Graduate, Wellesley College, B.A.
2. Graduate Student, Harvard University
-3. Graduate Student, Teachers College and Columbia University (at intervals) since 1900.
(Education, English. Comparative Literature, ^Photoplay Writing. y
B. Experience, Professional and Business.
1. Instructor, Leland Stanford, Jr., University, California.
2. Instructor, Lake Forest University, Lake Forest,
'-ST' —3. Teacher of English^ New York City High Schools.
4. (Tffice Experience . .
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jb. President's Office, Massachusetts Institute of
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V\ 2. Women7 s Graduate Club, Columbia University.
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* <2 ' 4. Photo Play League
* X -5. Municipal Art Society
^ *U y 6. National Council of Teachers of English ' * 7. American Red Cross
8. National Security League
9. American Defense Society
10. National Federation of College Women
Note: Have also background of
a. Army, through members of family who are gi of West Point, army officers.
b. Also ex-congressman.
These latter points offered as aid to active "War Service".
Respectfully yours, (Miss) M. S. Ayres
February 4,191
Mr. H. R. Hutchison,
Woolworth Building,
Hew York. E.Y.
My dear Mr. Hutchison:
Confirming our telephone
oonvei'sation this morning in regard to the motion picture camera, I am writing this letter just simply to keep our file records straight.
Mr. Edison made the following memorandum on Mr- hsnahan's note to him:
"Get the Camera and we will hold it here for future eontin- . gencies, hut if Hutch wants to . use it for a while he may do so"
Therefore, in accordance with our arrangement over the telephone, will you pleese go ahead ond'use the opmera and when yon are through with it kindly let me have it and I will put it away in our vault, in aoccrdanoo with Mr. Edison's wishes.
Will yon kindly confirm this arrangement so that my records will he complete.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
A/6467. '
February 5,1919.
Miss Mary Stevens ayres, .
476 Clinton Avonuo,
Brooklyn, II.*.
Your letter to Mr. Edison enclosing gcenario "The Old Men’s Paradise" or "Recalled to Life" has been received. He requests us to say that as he is no longer enmftea in the motion picture field, having sold out all his interests therein.
Vie return your scenario herewith by Registered Mail.
Yours very truly, Edison Laboratory.
Enclosure.
Lear Ur. Meadowcroft:
'jf I February 5, 1919.
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1. 1 have in my possession a gyrosuope —
camera belonging to Ur. Edison and recently discovered by me among my effects. It was doubtless brought to my residence aither during the fire of 1914 < "
Laboratory.
r when my offices were moved from the
2. I recently telephoned you asking if Ur. Edison cared to sell the camera, he having gone out of the motion picture bus¬ iness .
3. I am in receipt of your letter of February 4th, in which you quote u memorandum from Ur. Edison as follows:
"Get the camera and we will hold it here for future oontingenioes, but if Hutch wants to use it for a while he may do so.
4. Please express my appreciation to Ur. Edison and sav to him that as soon as I have photographed a panoramic view of New York from my new offices, and have taken a few pictures of my children, I will return the camera to the Laboratory.
b. As far as I know the camera is in good c on d it ion, but I have not seen it in use since 1913 a^. the Sulking Picture Studio where some effort was made to apply„praoti cally.
6. Inasmuch as the camera has no socket, I wish to from attach a tripod, and as holding the camera in the hand is far from satisfactory, notwithstanding the gyroscope, I hnre ' fcnk®n ““
socket will remain upon it for attachment to any one of the n of tripods that should be around the Laboratory.
7 If at any time prior to my return of the camera to the Laboratory; Ur7 E&sSfdesireS to use it, it will be returned upon telephonio request.
8. With best regards.
Yours sinoerely?^
Dear Hr Edison-
For years I "nave been collecting motion pictures especially posed, for niy private library, which I intend to leave to my children, and which are not for public exhibition.
I have agreat many, but of course cannot consider uy list in any way complete without one of you.
This is an earnest request that you will permit my representative to call upon you for the purpose of making a picture.
Will you not most kindly cause an answer to be made , and I moat sincerely hope a favourable one.
With Very best wishes,
I am Truly Yours,
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Thos A. Edison.
Henlo Park.
Orange N.J.
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I have looked ao so much of the old t ostinony I havo available hora and find that John Bondolph testifying in 1900, stated that the "devolving Photograph milding" was started in December 1892 and finished February 1, 1893. I
boliove that this is tho building usually referred to as "Black Ear ia" . Apparently there was anothor "Photograph Building" , work on which was done from September to iTovorabe: 1889. '.That this last building was doos not appear except that it was a building especially for motion oieturoa.
Yours truly,
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Dear Mr. Edison:
Will Da passing thru your oity Wednesday, May 28th. Will it he convenient for you to see me for a few minutes in the afternoon of that day?
Kindly advise, and oblige
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LYMAN II. ROTHS , MOVING PICTURES .
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rim into the hundrede^miilibne ’ of the^ioneers
lathin' new field of industry, whose high Ideals and
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projecting moving Piotwea °n £ the construction of such Communicated wi.th Mr. Edison r son) was -working
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undaunted ha aat himaalf to tha tank of entirely remodeling this machine and after practically roconotruoting it and embodying many new ideaB, he secured such admirable results as to make it the most advsnoed mechanism of its kind at that time.
In 1896 uir . Howe organized his first company and exhibited mowing pictures in all the New England States. In tho course of a few years he organized five other BBupmniaH complete traveling companies that coverod nearly the entire United States.
In 1914 Mr. Eowe incorporated two companies both of which he is President, kr.own as THE LYMAN II. HOWE FILMS COMPANY, INC. and THE LYMAN H.HOWE ATTRACTIONS. INC., These companies whose offices and laboratories are located in Wilkes Barre, are now engaged not only in exhibiting, but also in the taking and producing of travel and educations, film subjects of the highest order.
Mr. Howe was born in Wilkos Barre, Pa., June 9th 1856, of Nathan 0. fc Margaret (Robbins) Howe, direct docondents of Puritrn Ancestors. Mr. Howe married M.Alioe Koehler, daughter of Franklin & Ruaan (Newhard) Koahlor of Allentown, Pa., on September 26th 1888. Mr. & Mrs. Howe Having no children of their own adopted a non whom they named Lyman Harold Howe, born “ay 23rd, 1901.
Mr. Howe is prominently identified with many of the local enterprises of his home oity. He was President of the ureater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commeroe 1915-16).
He is a direotor of Miners Bank of Wilkes-Barre and other local interests. In these war times he is City Chairman of the War Saving Stamp Committee anc is also Identified with the Red Cross, National Security League, etc.
June 2,1919.
Ur. J. A. Colman,
Lloonta, S. A.,
Australia.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter ’Of March 17th has been re'oeived. Evidently you are not aware of the fnct that Ur. Edison produced talking motion pictures’ several years ago and they were shown all over American and in many parts of Europe.
Aa there did not seem to be any insistent demand for them on the part of the public the project was laid aside t empcrarily.
Hr. Edison expects to take up a line of experiments on this subject a little later on, but he would prefer to proceed in his own v/ay and not to affiliate with other inventors along that line.
Yours very truly, Edison laboratory.
A/7272.
MAC MANUS CORPORATION
Hr. Shor.ias A. Edison,
Juno 4th, 191^
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E.A. ■“‘ac^amis, - -
II o 2 West 47th street Hew York City, H.Y.
I gladly extend wishes of sucees to any motion picture that visualizes the undying exploits of the lost Battalion. All Americans should the chance to see the heroes of the Argonne appearing in a faithful repnoduction of their historic deeds.
C7h@ DEVBY CORPORATION
Portable Projector^ W or of Professional Quality KJ
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Dear Sir:- are increasing strenuous efforts made
by several manufacturer* . to produce
industry two - o overs th^amusement and the other the
s&aas-J^s °s r"l3a~
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We maintain that^o standards ^in^ fere with the natural de^® °?g8^se subjects of educational as theatre as well as the school re“aon that is mentioned
well as amusement nature, ®I non~inflammable base holds good
to make the narrow width film of non Furthermore,
to make the standard f d^B°f the same^aterial.^rur ^ ^ the world has aocepted this i one * ^ logical reasons make
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Chicago, Ill. June 6th, 1919.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison, Orange, N.J.
Honing that you will find the time in your busy many fields you covered.
Verv truly
Juno 11,1919.
Tho Do Vry Corporation,
1348 Uarianna Street,
Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen:
I have received your letter of June 6th, and the following is my opinion. The present size of film is standard the World over. It would be a great folly to change it, and I do not think it is within tho power of man to do so.
Yours very. truly,. .
A/7354.
Knowing that you are interested in meritorious inventions I am writing you in regard to a recent inven¬ tion of mine on Improvements in phonographic Pictures.
I have recently lodged in the Patent Office an application for patent on what I think to he the most practical system of Phonographic Eotion Pictures inven¬ ted as yet.
Just to give you a little insight into its vaDue I will point three of its most important features.
1. The synchronizing of reproduction of picture and sound records which has caused inventors so much trouble is in thiB Bystan very fully accomplished by running them on the same film at a fixed relationship to each other, but in such manner that although the picture record iB run intermittantly at one/ point fox’ reproduct¬ ion the sound record ia run continuously at another, thereby giving evenness of reproductionand fiTSdolute synchronism.
2. With referrence to the sound recordmgaand reprod- ucihgnapparatus uoed, The Telegraphone which is the best known sound recording apparatus invented to this day fills this important part.
3, Also one of its most credible features is its sim¬ plicity of construction. No extra skill other than that necessary for the operation of the present day machine is necessary for the operation of this.
I have just begun the sale of thiB invention and am offering vou the first opportunity to look over the draw¬ ings and specifications. If you will write me to this effect I will forward immediately a complete copy of the drawings and specifications. I might also spy that this is a new invention and as I have copies of all patents issued to this day I am confident that you have seen nothing similar.
Hoping that jrhiis may be of interest to you and awaiting
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TH0UA9 A. EDISON, INC. PRIMARY BATTERY DIVISION.
FUNCTION IN QUESTION PRIMARY RASTER! DIVISION UEUO. N0.A-58U
SUBJECT Talking picture of Ur. Carnegie DATE sept. 22,1919
Ur. II. Ueadcrworoft:
The attaohed memorandum is self-explanatory. I imagine R. A. Franks probably was Ur. Carnegie's sooretary and doubtless you know him.
If you think the suggestion is worthy of consideration perhaps you will want to carry put Ur. Charles Edison's idea of writing Ur. Franks.
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Mr Thomas A Edison
West Orange, W J My dear Mr Edison:
From time to time I read a statement to the effect that you have declared that "only a few more years will elapse before movies will entirely supplant text books in schools",. May I inquire whether you are correctly quoted in this matter?
My interest in the question grows out of the fact that I have charge of the Visual In¬ struction Division of the Mew York State Education Department, and am particularly desirous of keeping informed of the trend of opinion among thoughtful people on the value of pictures as aids to instruction.
Very truly yours
CXAAJ^Ctdr-
WINFIELD R- SHEEHAN. gtmralM
HERBERT HANCOCK, Qinchrln eMif
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Dear Hr* Edison:-
To combat the rapid spread of Bolshevism throughout the country, Fo= Mews has undertaken, as one of its permanent features j to show in motion pictures the human side of the great men of public affairs by intimate studies of their hobbies, families and life aside from business. In other words, this most powerful motion picture weekly aims to show them to the public as human beings and not the cold, money-making machines the radical elements among the lower classes picture them
We feel Bure that you will ro cognize and appreciate the value of propaganda of this kind, partic¬ ularly so when government officials have been forced to publicly recognize the menace of the Bolshevik movement. This seems to be the season of labor troubles and labor unrest, and reports indicate that the undercurrent feel¬ ing is against the heads of hig business who have been made the targets for the outbursts of the radicals.
It is our desire to have you, as one of the foremost men of the nation, appear in Fox Mews with other leaders in the industrial world, and our representative, Mr- Martin Casey, will construct his plans to suit your convenience. Fox Mews is distributed all over the world, and its leading titles are made up in the language where it appears, making its power greater than that of the biggest newspaper enterprises.
Trusting that you will give this matter your serious consideration and lend your aid, as you have always done in the paBt, to save Amerioa for Americana,
Sept. 6,191
Mr. Herbert, Haneook, director, Pox Hews,
130 Host. 46th Street, How York. ii.i.
Dear Sir:-
Your latter of Sept. 3d haa been received and shown to ”r. julio.cn. Ha wishes me to say that he haa a lot of very Important work or; hand in uonneot.i or vith some new i nvosti.jaticn a und experiments that he is making, and ho will he unable to opera the time to comply with year request.
'fours very truly.
Aaoiotant to Mr. Mison.
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October 6, 1919
Mr. H. A. Pranics,
2 East 91st Str, ,
Haw York City.
Dear Mr. Franks
It occurs to me that about five years ago we made a talking motion ploture of Hr. Carnegie, and 1 thought I would write to you to mention the faat.
Since that time we have given up the motion picture part of our business, but it is quite possible that we might bo able to find the film and the phonographic reoord, and if you think it desirable, X will have a searoh made for them.
I thiught it more desirable to make moation of this matter to yon, rather than to ono of the family.
Yours very truly.
Asst, to Vr. Edison.
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Positively without cost to you in any shape, manner or form, we would like to make and show a potion picture of you, in several thousand theatres which we supply with our "News Reel" (same as Pathe weekly).
Motion picture audiences we find like our series of "Famous Americans at Play". They are tired of seeing wellknown neople sitting at desks:,’, leaving buildings and laying cornerstones. They appreciate intimate motion pictures amid home surroundings, or tken* during your hours of leisure.
There is a freshness and charm Mr. Edison in the new, the different, the odd, the unique call it what you will of our scries that has led other celebrities to accede to our request for permission to make and show their pictures.
Many of them were at first averse to the idea of screen portraiture, but none have denied us an opportunity to place the facte before them.
Will you kindly drop the undersigned a line (don’t phone) when it would he convenient for you, or your secretary to see me so I can go more fully into the matter. Perhaps you do not care to grant permission without first talking it over and reading personal letters from President Wilson, Ex-President Taft and many others in whose judgment you have confidence. They know that 10,000 camera-men work each day for our screen newspaper in more than 70 countries throughout the world and that a request for sreen interview merits the courtesy of an appointment.
Re spectfuliyj
FOX HEWS.
130 W. 46th St., New York.
Ootober 18,1919.
Mr. Arthur Log lie,
Pox News,
130 iY.46th Street,
Hev; York, H-Y.
Dear Mr. . Leslie :
Ur. Edison received your latter of October 17th, and wishe3 me to express his regret that he will be unable to make an appointment for the purDoae you mentioned. He desires 1Jfonn
vcu that he is so overcrowded at prosont that ho cannot possibly give the necessary time to comply with your request.
Yours very truly, ^
/insistent to Mr. Edison.
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October 22, 1919
Dear Mr. Meadoworaft:
Dr. Ac horn has written this letter per your suggestion to me, so that you might hand it to Mr. Edison some time so that he can read it at
Let me again repeat, Dr. Achorn has nothing to sell — wants no en¬ dorsement from Mr . Edison, and is pursuing this new science for the good of mr-’-J-J J’v”' the race.
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Ootober 32, 1919
Mr. Thomas A. Edison West Orange, Hew Jersey
My dear Mr. Edison:
At the suggestion of my friend Mr. Edwin 0. Barnes, I am going to ask that you give me the pleasure of showing you and your associates the first of a series of moving picture anatomy stories, at your laboratory, at your con¬ venience .
I am attaching hereto a letter of invitation sent out to friends and acquaintances to a private showing of this picture on the morning of October 6th.
I am also enclosing herewith oomment from five of the Hew York daily papers, indicating their belief that I was presenting something new, original and helpful to the human race.
I believe that as adults, we run true to type, more or less like animals, and that by experience and training we oan exercise intelligent judgment along the lines that inter¬ est and are important to us. I believe that there is a physical and anatomical reason for about everything that we do.
The narrow and broad back types, simply have refer¬ ence to the diet best adapted to these extreme types.
The endurance type may be narrow backed or broad baoked. Physical enduxanoe, especially on a stand up job,
I believe, is due to the development and position of the sacrum in the pelvic girdle. If a sacrum ossifies in a more or less straight position, the weight of the body is oarried on a solid foundation. If this saorum becomes ossified in a very curved position, the spine and weight are supported on the end of a circle, making it difficult for the person to remain on his feet for long periods at a time.
The world is very much interested in your powers of endurance and ability to go without sleep - these are
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two of the marked characteristics of the flat hipped type.
You may he an exception to the rule; hut I am very curious to see if you do not fit into this type.
I think you and your associates v/ill he interested in these theories, and it will he a great pleasure for me to show you this picture any time next week, at your convenience.
Trusting to have the pleasure of meeting you, I remain
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DR. CLINTON E. ACHORN
NEW YORK CITY
September 30th, 19.19.
Dear Friend:
I enclose a complimentary ticket for a private showing of one of my Anatomy Stories at the Rialto Theater on Monday morning, October 6, 1919, at 10 A. I'
^Ehis two reel educational picture pjfese^ts simple and forigin^l facts about the human body helgi'ul to. all - esp^ially Zto the business man. It is a t@J.k to p ou about you. VVIThay deal with
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3{ The "Bros! $ack" or Herbifqfous (Vegetarians) « ,
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pliysi'pal fatigiie. I will /show you pictures of ipen and/wom^n selected in1, this city, froi^ 35 to 78 yeari old wjy> haveypever been ^hysic^Lly tired. ^ " /
{ Th^se pictures sV>q^ you how to select people for
stanti up 1 jobs; - it is simply a question of anatomy, whtfcb, when'once called to your attention you will never forgSt. People who must sit down are not lazy - there is a physical reason. Animated drawings will give a clear idea of why some people are never physically tired, and also give some valuable suggestions on spinal growth and development.
2- The "Harrow Backs" may run as low as 10 feet of small intestines, and require a meat diet.
...3- The "Broad Backs" may run a3 high as 40 feet of small intestines, and are natural vegetarians to whom an excess of meat is poison.
We all fit in between these two extremes. People, like animals, run true to type - those like the Tiger type need meat, while others like the Ox type thrive best on vegetables, grains and fruit.
I would appreciate your attendance and criticism.
I will be present and offer an opportunity for the examination of Types and for visitors to ask questions. Additional tickets upon request.
Cordially yours,
Hama randum No. 260
Confirming my conversation with you on tho telephone,, we can furnish the film and record for the talking pioture of llr. Carnegie. Che film is h etna on 350 and 400 feet in length. 4 cents per foot would he a very fair price for it, with perhaps .;3.00 more dor the record. A'.
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For the last two years' I hare teen in charge of i.cujJ'- <4'-“-u’v‘ the visual instruction work of the Department of Extension; -rr. ’ of the University of Texas. I am now on a year's leave ofH'' .
absence doing graduate work in the University of Wisconsin and, in connection with Professor O'Shea of the Department of Education, am making a study of the possibilities of mo-£i».0t>-‘'- tion pictures in class room work. I know that considerable \
work has been done particularly in the field of science foaT1’^ -a
high school and college grades, but I am particularly inter7JL«» ]
ested in the possibilities of using motion pictures as a , ■ t/0"/
textbook or very closely correlated v/ith the textbook in the*’'-'''"’!' /
lower grades in such subjects as arithmetic and reading. Do ' /
you know whether or not any films of this sort have been pro¬ duced, and if so by whom? I am planning as a part of this /
study to prepare a group of scenarios illustrating what seem / to me to be possibilities in this particular field. I will/ appreciate ary information or suggestion which you can give".
I am also undertaking another study v/ith Professor Henmon, Head of the Department of Education in the University of Wisconsin, dealing with the psychological problems connected v/ith visual instruction. I am also making ,a study under Profes¬ sor James, Assistant Dean of the Agricultural College, in which we hope to outline possibilities of^vfsualization in the teach¬ ing of agriculture, particula/Ly-tts it applies to the Smith- Hughes work .
Awaiti ng^y.our reply with interest, I am Sincerely yours ,
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November IS, 1.919.
Mr. Edwin C. 3arnes ,
114 Liberty Street,
Nov; York, N.Y.
Lear Mr. Barnes:
Hr. Edison has been very busy in the lust He'll wooks, and I have only had opportunity to show him your letter and that of Br. Aohorn today.
He wishes me to say that he would like to see the motion picture referred to and also to meet Dr. Aohorn. X would suggest that you get in touch with mo over the telephone so that wo ocn arrange a definite date. I think that £4 hours ahead would be quite sufficient time for the purpose.
Yours very truly,
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
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Ilovembor 13,1919.
Prof. J. YJ. Shephard,
114 Morth Charter,
Madison, Wis.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of Hovomber 8th was raoaived and brought to Mr. Edison's personal attention. He desires me to say in reply that about seven years ago he started a project to teaoh mathematics, geography, chemistry , physios, history, etc., to young children by means of motion piotures. He expended a large sum of money in his experiments, but the utter lacl: of practical interest manifested by educational auth¬ orities, together with other discouraging things, caused him to drop the whole subject, and he sold such films as ho had completed and destroyed the remainder.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
November 18, 1919.
Ur. 8, 8, Harquis, Dept, of Education, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Jiiohigan.
Tour letter of November 13 regarding the making of a film showing in a brief nay the story of ur. Edison's life was re¬ ceived and brought to his personal attention.
He wishes me to say that he is at present engaged on a series of very Important experiments that .require all of his time and concentrated thought, and he would not wish to be disturbed
Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the General Bleotrio Company, Soheneotady, has a film of this kind, and 1 am wondering whether or not it would suit your purpose Just as well as making a separate film. If you conmunioate with them explaining this correspondence, it might be possible that' they would be willing to furnish you with a copy of this film.
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November 24,191
Prank L. Dyer, Esq. ,
55 Liberty Street,
New York, N.Y.
My dear Mr. Dyer:
Referring to our telephone conversation this morning, I arn enclosing horowith the letter of Mr. H. S. Maokayo, which appeared in the New York Tribune of either yesterday or the day before.
Hr. Edison has requested me to Bend this to you and ask that you kindly answer it, as Mr. Maokayo' s letter is so entirely misleading to the pub llo.
With kindest regards, X remain. Sincerely yours.
Assistant to Ur. Edison.
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November 26th, 1919.
2o the Editor of the '.Tribune, sir:
Your correspondent, Ur. H. s. Maokaye , takes issue with my statement that "Edison unquootionably was the pioneer in this (motion picture) art." According to Ur. Maokaye, it was not Edison but Augustin LePrinoe who first oonoeived the modern motion pioture.
in my letter to you of November 14th I waB particularly careful to say -
"It is true that a number of dreamers, of the Jules Verne typo, said that motion pictures might in the future be produoed, but they had not described how they might ' bo made."
And I also reoorded the frank acknowledgment of Mr. Edison’s that the gorm of the Idea oame from tho "work of Muybridge, Morey and others. "
I have boon familiar with the LePrinoe patent, to whioh Mr. Maokaye refers, for a great many years. LePrinoe had very muoh the oame conception as Muybridge, although instead of using twenty- four cameras ho used only sixteen, and instead of photographing only a Bingle oyolo of movement he proposed to operate his cameras suooesBively, over and over again, to photograph numerous oyoles. But the underlying thought was wrong. The LePrinoe photographs were taken from sixteen different points of view. whereaB the eye looks at a soene from only a single point of view. suooess could only be seoured by reproducing what the eye sees; therefore, there
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20 the Editor of the Irihune
November 26th, 1919
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To the Editor of the Tribune
IJovember £6th, 1919
According to Mr. Mackaye, LePrinoe "early in 1886 or late in 1886" completed "a camera with which he took moving pictures."
I am sure that Mr. Mackaye is at fault in his recollection of this date. That his general remembrance of LePrinoe is faulty, 1b in¬ dicated by the statement that -
"nn ms wav to Spain, with this object in view, 'Mr. LePrinoe suddenly and mysteriously disappeared."
And the inference apparently is to be drawn that this disappearance of Mr. LePrinoe occurred "shortly after filing his application papers in this country," which was on Hovomber S, 1886.
How, it appears that in the litigation on the Edison patent - which, by the way, accorded to Ur. Edison full recognition of the pioneer character of his invention - the son of Mr. LePrinoe was a witness and testified concerning his father’s actual work. He
"In September, 1890, he (Augustin LePrinoe) wenT'to France wit'h sane friends and, being somewhere in the neighborhood of
2 Leeds!*6 Heawas seen entering tbPIrain 5 ISeTHE departed, and that is thr; laeo we have heard of him."
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son given at that time carries greater conviS^PA than the statements of an outsider given twenty-one years later. Ur. Haokaye is not only incorrect as to the facts concerning Ur- LePrinoe 's disappearance, but also as to dates, since he implies that the disappearance was "shortly after filing his application," when, in fact, it was four years later. According to Mr. Mackaye. LePrinoe made moving
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piotureB early in 1086 or late in 1086, but according to Kr.LoPrinoe's son the firdt piotureB ho ovor saw was "between January and April 1888." This, it will bo remembered , was subsequent to the date of Hr. Edison's conception "that it was possible to devise an instru¬ ment which would do for tho oyo what the phonograph does for the oar." The testimony of tho son alBO confirms tho statement of the patent, because he says that the transparencies "were fitted on metal bolts which passed over the drums, and which wore flexible onough to pre¬ vent the cracking or twisting of tho films." On tho fundamental point that with the Lei’rinoe device the pictures would be taken from different points of view, the following testimony is of par¬
ticular interest:
"A. If a series of pictures be taken by a battery of sixteen lens of a man gesticulating to front of tho camera the position of tho man on the negatives will vary slightly in the different pictures, will it notv
A. Xes."
In conclusion, it seems to mo that the referonoe to loPrlnoe does not affect in any way the Btatomonts made in my letter that
"What wsb wantod was not tho taking of separate pictures, each from its own point of view, but the taking of many thousands of pictures all from the same point of view, just as a Boone might be looked at by the eye. And it was not until this conception was had and a camera was invented having tho capacity of taking dxteon or more separate photographs a second through tho Bame objective, that the moving picture art can be said to have had its genesis."
In other words, it is quite dear that LeErinoe did no more than Muybridge, namely, to take piotureB from different pointB of
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lo the Editor of the Tribune
November B6th, 19X9
view, and it 1b man If out that if Inventors wont no further than that, there would be no moving picture art, because there would be no illusion.
Yours very truly.
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Edison General File Series 1919. Name Use (E-19-51)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the authorized and unauthorized use of Edison's name for advertising, trademark, and other purposes. Among the items for 1 91 9 is a communication to Edison from employee George E. Clark regarding Harry Edison of the Edison Patents Co. Also included is correspondence with Jose Perez del Castillo of Key West, Florida, who supplied Edison with cigars and wished to use the inventor's name to promote his products. Other items relate to General Electric's Edison Electric Appliance Co., Inc., and the Edison Polyform Co. The correspondents include A. K. Baylor of General Electric, Edison's general counsel Delos Holden, and Edison associate Miller Reese Hutchison.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The unselected material includes letters concerning the complimentary use of Edison's name, mainly for babies, along with routine letters of acknowledgment. Also not selected is correspondence relating to Edison photographs and autographs similar to the material in E-19-04 (Autograph and Photograph Requests).
Additional items regarding the Edison Electric Appliance Co. can be found in Richard W. Kellow File, Correspondence -- Edison Electric Appliance Company (1917-1920) [env. 176] (Legal Series).
WHITE, GRUBBS & COMPANY
INVESTMENT BONDS
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison, ^)|j
Orange, New Jersey
Dear Sir:
We have for some years past been interested in a group
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of Public Utility properties in the State of North Dakota. V/e now intend to form a new company to take over these properties and also to acquire several additional ones. This Corporation will be organized under the laws of either Massachusetts or New York, probably the latter, and preliminary arrangements have bean made for financing the bonds through two very highgrade firms of Boston bankers. No traction or gas properties will be included in this- company.
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V/e should like very much to U3e the name Dakota Edison Company for this new Company and we are writing to aek your permission for the inclusion of the name "Edison" in tho title. If you would be inclined to grant our request upon receipt of more detailed information with reference to the size and character of the properties to be acquired by the Company, and the bankers who are interested in underwriting the bonds, we should bo very glad to submit this information to you in confidence.
Very truly yours,
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White, Grubbs & Company, St. Paul, Minn. Gentleman:
Mr. Edison will not permit the use of his name in any enterprise with which he is not personally identified. This is a settled polisy from which he will make no exceptions.
Although he is in Florida at present, and will not see your letter of March 14th. until his return. I am writing the above so that you will not be resting on any false hope.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
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April 17, 1919.
Sir. Edison:-
Subjeot: Eli son Patents Company .
At the request of Hr. Meadowcroft, 1 have had an investigation made of the Edison Patents Company. This investigation corroborates in detail the report of Proudfoot 's CoTTt-.ercial Agency, and at the same time furnishes additional information which indicates - -
1. . . .shat harry Edison, known as the President of the Edison Patents Co. resides at 144 Eay 26th. St. Brooklyn.
2....1hat he is the son of Ilathan Edison who resides at 1461 Bath Ave. Erooklyn.
3. . ..That liathan Edison arrivod in this country from Russia 28 years ago, when his son Harry was hut three months old.
4.. .. That they have borne the name of Edison since their arrival in this country.
5.. .. That both father and son are musicians, the father having at various times Veen connected with Theodore Thomas' Orchestra, Walter Demrosch, and other musical organizations.
6.... That the family originally came from Kiev, Russia, where they bore the name of "Adelson".
7. . . .The fhthor, Ilathan Edison, has a brother Louis, who is connected with Adler's Theatre in Hew York, and lives at 193 Lavonla Ave. Brooklyn.
8. . . .Another Vrother, Hiinnie BUson, lives at 148 E. 17th. St., Apt.. 29, Hew York City. Ho operates a summer hotel in Sullivan County, H. T.
9.. .. That, from all indications, the name Edison -was innocently assumed, and '.as adopted immediately upon their arrival in this country twenty-elgnt years »Go.
10 .Harrv Edison, in addition to loing President' of the Edison Patents Company, is a musician with the Russian symphony Orchestra.
11. ..The Edison Patents Co. and the a.ierican European Patent Offices Inc . are located in the same office, and all clients desiring to do tusiness with the Edison Patents Co. are informed that the American European Patent Offices Inc. handle all the tusiness of the Mison patents Company.
12... Earvin Lahiner, whoso card is herewith attached, meets all comers, attd steers them from tho Edison Patents Co. to the American European Eatont Offices Inc., and therely diverts any nrofit that may accrue from thoir transactions to the American European Comoany, with the result that 'fcrry HUson Eets little or no Cling for the use of his
13. . .Harry Edison has made complaint against his associates for diverting husi- tSs. and has threatened to withdraw from the iusiness.
14.. . There is not the slightest douht that the ’ can European Company, whose officers
are tht sane as these of the Bllson Patents Company, persuaded Harry Edison to let them use his name for the purpose of realising on the name "Edison", and that they in turn ve double crossed Harry Edison ^ parting all prospective clients to communicate with the Edison Patents Compa..y to the Ane. loan European Company.
16.. . This family of "Ed i sons" or "Mel sons"
are apparently quite industrious and respoctable, and are spoken very highly of hy their naighVors and acquaintances.
16.. . Concluding - lieither the Bllson Patents Company nor the American European Company are doing any business at this time, and it was their exnressed intention to drop the. name "Edison", aid reorganize and consolidate both corporations with Harry Edison eliminated.
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John F. Zehley, Esq.,
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Bear Sir:-
Your letter of October 17 received, and ltr. raison wishes us to say In reply that the stock you re¬ fer to has no value. The Company in question was a crooked one which he put out of business throuGh the Courts.
Yours very truly,
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Mr. Jose Pores del Castillo, #1114 Catherine Street,
Key West, Florida.
1 received your letter of December 8 and also the package containing the 200 oigars which you have sent for Mr. Edison. He is very glad to get them.
Mr Edison does not find any fault beoause the price of the oigars is ‘now He realises that you have to pay more for your boxes, labelB, etc., and the new price is all right so far as he is concerned.
Dow about the use of Mr. Edison’s name on your oigars, he wishes me to say he is very sorry that he cannot give you this permission. He is under a contract with his company by which he has agreed not to allow the use of his name exception his own company's business. Therefore he is not able to give anyone per¬ mission to use his name in connection with anything else than our own faotory products here. He 1b sorry that he cannot accommodate you, but he would be breaking his contract if he were to do so .
Mr. Paul D. Payne is chief electrician on dne of the submarines at the Submarine Base there in Key West.
Tours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
Edlphoned: 24
Deoenber 13, 1919
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison;
I enclose herewith a copy of a letter v/hioh I have just reoeived from British north American Tobacco Co. of Toronto, Canada, which is self-explanatory and from which you v/ill see that they have destroyed their circular to which we objeoted, and also have decided to give up the sale of this machine which they have been offering as a premium with cigars. Apparently this Incident can now be considered as closed.
Delos Holden
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1919
Thomas Edison Co.
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sirs: legal Dept.
I leg to acknowledge reoelpt of your letter and note what you say, and In reply we leg to Inform you that we have destroyed all our advertising circulars tearing the name Eds on, also we are not going to use the machine In connection with our tuslness. ThUs the writer will assure you, that from now on you will not have to draw our attention to the fact again. Trusting that this will meet with your approval, we are.
Yours truly,
B. N. A. T. Co.
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Dear Sir:
I have your letter of the 5*>h with further reference to the Edison Electric Appliance Company-
When the Edison Electric Appliance Company first began operations they produced "Hotpoint, "Hughes" and "General Electric" lines; the latter trade-mark being "General Electric" in script form. Later it was decided to drop the mark "General Electric" and call this line the "Edison" line and the name was written in script similar to the previous form of the words "General Electric" I psrsonally objected to the form of the mark because it did not seem to me clear and sharply defined and I asked Chicago Head¬ quarters of the Appliance Company to revise the form of the word "Edison". Meantime, X received your letter on the sub¬ ject and advised them of this, asking them to revise the form of the mark "Edison". They have been doing this and I am ex¬ pecting a report any day from them as to the steps that have been taken-
Yours very truly,
Edison General File Series 1919. Naval Experiments (E-19-52)
This folder contains correspondence, test reports, and other documents relatinq to Edison's experimental work for the U.S. Navy, which drew to a close in 1919. Included are reports by John A. Hanley on submarine detector experiments aboard the USS Hauoli, Sachem, and Felicia, along descriptions of those vessels and some instrument recording test strips. Also included is correspondence with Lt. Cdr. Richard B. Coffman of the Third Naval District about experiments with radio sets and the assignment of Navy chief electrician John L. Sweeney and radio operator Howard G. G. Nelson to assist Edison with those experiments.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The unselected material includes copies of Navy technical specifications, documents relating to shipping, duplicates, and items not pertaining to Edison personally.
Related items can be found in E-19-60 (Radio); in the Naval Consulting Board and Related Wartime Research Papers, Special Collections Series; and in the Josephus Daniels Papers, Charles Hummel Collection, Thomas A. Edison Papers Digital Edition, X128C.
Gravesend Bay, H.Y.
Jan. 3 1919.
CEKEBAl DESORIPSIQH OF YACHS U.3.S. HMJOLI S. P.249.
SO SHOMAS A. EDISON.
length overall 220 foot .
length on waterline 187 feet.
Net tonnage 203
Gross tonnage 300
Goal oapaoity 55 tons,
water oapaolty 8500 gale,
provisions for 5 days.
10 K.W. dynamo ( Ho Batteries)
Draught II feet.
Beam 21 feet •
4 Cylinder trlplo expansion engine.
Single sorev; propulsion.
JSMdmum speed 17 Snots. Eoonomio speod 13 teaota. Wireless telegraph and wireless telephone.
0 listening device s.
Crew 60 man and 6 of floors.
Stub Bowsprit (Ho stays attaohed)
T. A.
EDISON LABORATORY. ORANGE. N. J.
REPORT OP TEST OH UNIVERSAL SUSPEHSION,ON U.S.S. SACHEM . Jan. 17, 1919.
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TEST No. 1.
Apparatus rigged up ao shown in the attached sketch.
Water! calm.
Left dock at Sandy Hook, sailed out at a apeed of five knots.
Colum tends to come to the surface.
The horizontal and vertical axis's do not work to-gether.
It seems as though it should be rigid horizontaly instead of swinging on that axis.
The above effect was not noticed with small model in lab.
Tho universal scheme is no good.
We return to dock and prepare for another tost.
TEST No. 2.
Removed bearings on horizontal axis and made rigid as shown in sketch No. 2
It iB now free to swing" only" on a vertical axis, (like a boat rudder) .
Sailed out at a speed of five knots.
Works good at this speed.
Increased speed to ten knots.
It tends to come to the surface at this speed.
After running at ten knot speed for a few minutes, it rose com¬ pletely out of tho water, the clamps around bow-sprit’ having slipped.
After straightening 15) we tried it again at the same speed.
It cone tomthe surface again, the same way.
The damps on the bow-sprit are only three inches wide, and prob¬ ably have not enough surface to resist tho upward tendency of colum. by making them wider it may be possable to over-come this tendency.
However the tendency to raise remains, and the forces produced would reot at some other point.
The result of the above two tests is, that neighther prinoaple can be applied practicaly.
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Hew York, H.Y.
GflWTCFftT. DESCRIPTION OP YACHT U.S.S. SACHEM S.P.I92 TO THOMAS A. EDISON, length overall 210 ft. lenght on waterline 186 Pt.
Tonnage 280 250
Coal oapaoity 35 tons.
Water oapaoity 5000 gals.
Cruising radius about 600 knots.
Beam 23 l/2 ft.
Draught 10 ft.
Speed (Maximum) 15 knots. Economical Bpeed 12 knots.
4 Cylinder triple expansion engine.
Single screw propulsion.
Wireless telegraph.
6.5 K.W. dynamo, storage Batteries.
Crew 40 men and 3 Offioers.
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Subject: Fata re U. R. S. "^aohoro"
length, on water line " over all, about Beam Draft Speed
Radius on one filling of bunkers, at 10 Knots cruising speed.
Rend room between decks
Propellers
Engine
Coal
Crew
Can go to sea in any weather
Captain has long ozporience, deop sea papers
Complete set of cherts
Wireless and operator
Dynamo 110 Volts, 67 Amperes
Storage Battery needs washing out. We will
perhaps have to substitute 95 Type A-8 H. Will advise lator about this.
The available space for experimental work is as follows:
186 foot 210 " ' 23-1/2 foot 10 foot 12-l/f Knots
600 Knots 6‘ 6" one
Triple Expan. Anthracite About 20 men
On deck: Forward 21* x 12* beam
Aft 18' x 10* " (2 work benches)
Below: 12* long, 18’ wide when fore and aft
bulkhead haB been removed
Accommodations will be available for ten men beside the orew »
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T.A. EDISON LABORATORY, ORANGE. N.J.
REPORT OP WORK AND RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS FOR TOE WEEK ENDING, FEB. 15, 1919.
• Fetl' 10 ' MQde the drawing a, alee ordered the material for the eight foot model. to the hauoli.to teBt amall three foot modol out, in
the motor launch.^ that the water (Jacket on the engine waa cracked.and not in running oondition.I t being irapoaable to make any teata ,1 return¬ ed to the laboratory.^ ^ elght foot affair untill launch ie repaired.
Feb. 11. Hy_aelf ^ 0urnB formod the ateel platea ,on the amall hy¬ draulic preao in the chemical room.
Feb. <U!*piniBhed aodoljAra having the front and baok aeama welded at
the phonograph works. . .ona
X received word this afternoon, that launch was in shape.
Feb, IJ,
I went to the hauoli,now at Bensonhurst.
Hauoli waa turned over to Captain Harriett eleven o-clock a'm’’ I went out in launch in the afternoon and made the following
teata.
TEST No.1.
I tried a atraight horizontal suspension, let colua hong vertical, (no rake).
The reeult waa, that colua raiaed to the surface.
Thia is expected, I am merely doing it, to start of at zero.
TEST No .2.
I now try an angle of five degrees.
This acts praotioaly the same, there is no notioable diff¬ erence ,
TEST No .J.
Angle of ten degrees. , ,
The oolua swings from aide to side, but does not come to
TEST Ho .4.
Angle of fifteen degrees.
This is much better,it BeoaB to work verry good here, the absorbing arrangment works fine here. . _ , ,+
When X imitate rolling of boat by twisting small bow-sprit from side to side, the colum does not leave the vertical poosition.^it remains perfectly straight^.
ehoet No. 2.
TEST No. 5.
Angle of twenty degreeo.
This ia fino.better then No.four.
X can move bow- sprit any way,with-out changing the riding of the colum.tho absorbing arrangement can be oeen talcing care of the rolling.
TEST No .6.
Angle of twenty five degreeo.
Not ao good as No.five,
The absorber does not seem to take oare of the rolling here, it seems the angle 1b to great.
TEST No. 7.
Anglo of thirty degrees.
No good here, angle iB to great.
I now go back to fifteen degroos again, I give colum a rake, instead of having it vertical, as in test No. one.
This does not effect the riding any,but it eliminates vibration that was present before.
five degree some of the
TEST No. 9.
X now try angle of twenty degrees, with five degree ralco.
This is fine, rides verry good here.
This seems to be the point where the strains are reduoed to the minimum, and still keep the colum in the water.
It is the critical angle.
This is a groat advantage over the old fourty five degree suo-
P The absorber takes up the innitial shocks of whajs little strain
that ia present,
I observed the bohavour of this tiling for a long time, giving it all kinds of twists and side movements, (to imitate rolling and pitching). The principle works out verry good on theabove model .
All the above datta was at a speed of ten knots.
Feb" Eight foot model was returned from phonograph works, Am having Bums finish of the edges. . ,
This is a verry strong and rigid affair, We made one end fast in the vise, and fastened a two foot lever on the other ond.We could not twist it to any noticable extent.
We also put a box under each end, and My-self and Bums stood onnit in the middle, it did not bend enough to notice. ...
I an laying out a twenty degree euopenoion,with aDsoroing arrangement, for the above colum. am having same made at the laboratory.
There is not verry much work to it, and will probably have it finished in a few days.
I will rig this up on launch as You suggested, by raiBing bow- above deck, so as to get conditions in the proper proportion.
P.S. I hope You are having a verry pleasant time!
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REPORT ON EXPERIMENTS , OP EIGHT FOOT (half size) DUMMY MODEL, ON THE HAUOLI'S MOTOR LAUNOH.
To- THOS. A. EDISON.
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Feb. 20.
I went aboard the Hauoli at Bensonhurst.
Captain eaid that the Navy People did not want to make the changes requested, as to fitting up of Bhop. So We decided not to fit any shop aboard, as the work in. the future will be of a large nature, and could not be done verry well aboard a boat.
Am going to have bench lathe and tpols come back to the lab. and will set same up in no .one building.
Feb. 21.
Hauoli comes to east twenty third street, for convenience of getting apparatus aboard.
that every thing worked allright before taking aboard boat.
.Feb, 25,
Shipped apparatus to the hauoli by automobile, and had the equipment aboard returned to laboratory.
Feb. 8 6.
My-self and Bums fitted the out-rigger to launch, also put the colum in place.
It is verry cold to day. We did not make a run, as the mov¬ ing parts would freeze and spoil the action of same. It's also verry diff¬ icult to make accurate observations in extremely cold weather, especialy in this case.
Feb. 27.
Weather is fine to day.
We make a run test down the East river, with intentions of going out in lower bay, We got as far as the Brooklyn Bridge and almost swamped. The river is verry rough here, there is a lot of big shipping, the tides come to-gether here also, which helps to make it rough.
The colum behaves verry fine, regardless of how the launch is being tossed and pitched about.
We have to return and confine our running tests to the upper part of the East river, where it is not so treacherous .
The speed of launch is ton knots.
We make sharp turnB from left to right alternately, and g in the swells of ferry boats and other large boats, to note the action of the absorbing arrangement.
The absorber takes care of all the above movements ,and it keeps colum vertical, regardless of what possition the boBt assumes.
There doesn't seem to be any strains, or twists present e was notioed with previous models,- hung at fourty-five degrees.
This is the most severe test that this oolum oan be put the launoh will not stand a sea heavier than what we are experiencing here, in the river.
sheet No. 2.
Feb. 27. continued.
We return after eix hours of running.
Upon examination, found that the springe shortened up some¬ what. those springs were made from ordinary spring wire, three thirty seconds of an inch in diameter, they were not hardened or tempered.
I am going to have Borne more springs made, and will have them tempered, we will then continue tests.
" ‘~Ve put a new set of springs in absorber and went out, to re¬ peat tests, after trying a number of different springs we finaly hit a suitable set.
•Water is verry rough in the.:river to-day.
The absorber can be observed taking care of the rolling and pitching, also the wave slaps.
We run down the river and get in the wake of ferry boats and large river steamers, we also get in all sorts of currents, the lau¬ nch wos tossed about like an egg shell.
At times the whole affair would go completely under water, at times it would raise completely out of the 7m ter also.
Tliis has no effect on colum v/hat ever, it remains vertical regardless of the behaviour of the launch.
It hardly seems possable for any-thing to stay on the bow of a boat under ouch severe conditions. It seems to He that this tiling would outlast a half dozen launches.
We return after about seven hours of running, dissemble and remove from launch.
I will set this affair up in lab. for Your inspection, when
You return.
Heanwhile I will lay out an affair for the hauoli, I will send the drawings to You, for Your approval .before starting the const¬ ruction of same.
March, 4.
I got sufficient dimensions of the bow of the hauoli to lay out an out-rigger, to suspend colum from. She. has no bow sprit like the sachem had.
T. A. EDISON LABBRATORY
ORANGE N. J.
March, 15, 1919.
I would like to have your O.K.on the incloeed drawings, also orltiolsm, suggestions as to any changee you would like to have made, before i etart the conetruction of same.
I would also like to know if you wanjs it teeted ae a dummy first, before covering with rubber, this i think would be the BofeBt thing to do.
The work will have to be done at theBrooklyn Navy yard, as it is of to large a nature to be done at laboratory.
While awaiting your approval I will lay out all the parts in detail and make the templateo to form up the collum plates with.
The following is datta on outrigger, suspension and colum.
• Outrigger is made from five by two and one-half by one - quarter inch channel iron, it is clamped to the bow-sprit stub in such a way as not to dammage the boat in any way.
The wdth permits the construction of a wood platform on it so that one or two men can work on it with-out danger of falling over¬ board.
There is now a rope guard rail on the bough of the hauoli, We will oontinue this around outrigger as extra protection.
The moving parts are protected against bangs, due to poor landings, this is because of their possition,as shown in drawing.
The suspension has a mpvement of twsnty-five degrees, (in¬ cluded), which I think is more than is necessary under the worst con¬ ditions.
The propper springs to be used in the absorber will have to be determined by experiment.
Approximate weight of the structure complete ,with oolum, is about six hundred pounds.
The tapered construction of the colum will permit the use of three quarter inch tubes, nearly the full length of same, instead of half inch tubes as waB used in old affairs.
As the colum will be welded allong the seams, making it water-tight , We can seal up the bottom and use it in the form of a dummy, to learn the riding quallities and the behaviour in general, before oovering with rubber and puttingthe listening tubes in.
April 17,1919.
Lieut. -Commander R. B. Coffman, U.S.N.,
Bistriot Communioation Superintendent,
Third Daval Dietriot,
44 iVhitehall Street,
Hew York, N.Y.
Dear Sir:- • ' ,
Ab you may possibly be aware, I have been conducting a series, of experiments for the Secretary’ of the Hovy for over two years.
I am still working on a few problems,' and, now. wish* to make , some experiments with two military . aftort-distanoe v-ireless Bets, which were loaned to me. Can you conveniently detail two men to assist me for a yhile in regard to erection of antennae and the installation and operation of these wieedess sets? All the men I had working with me on my experiments have been returned. '•
if you wish to telephone, you can call up my Assistant^-Mr.y/.H.Ueedowcroft, (GflOO Orange) .
’ Yours 'very truly, _
A/
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NAVY DEPARTMENT
UNITED STATES NAVAL. COMMUNICATION SERVICE
DISTRICT COMMUNICATION SUPERINTENDENT THIRD NAVAL DISTRICT
44 WHITEHALL STREET
EEC/EJT
25 April 1919.
Prom: District Communication Superintendent.
To : SWEENEY, John Leonard, CE (B) USH. ■
Subjeot: Transfer Orders.
1. You will proceed this date in charge of draft of the following named, to Laboratory of the Thomas A. Edison, Co. Orange, H.J., and upon your arrival there report to Mr. \7. H.- Ueadoworaft for Temporary duty.
2. Your Service Beoords and Pay Aocounts will be retained
by the District Communication Superintendent, 44 ’.Vhitehall St., H.Y.C. Your Health Beoords will be retained by the Commandant, Third Naval District, (Beoord Boom) 280 Broadway, H.Y.
3. Transportation iB furnished you herewith.
11ELS0H, Howard Grant G. Elo (B) USH.
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Prom: Command! hy Officer.
To: SWEBHSY, John Leonard Cb. E. (RO)
Subject: ORDERS TO PROCEED
REFERENCE: ^a)
will proceed
You - will ?r0(
this date to the Navy Radio 44 Whitehall St. New York, and immediately upon your arrival tl. re you will report to the Officer in Charge.
provided
2. Transportation and subsietenoa are herewith I. dad.
3. Your transfer papers, are forwarded herewith.
5018.371-114.7
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_ _ - By-Bireo-t-ion-^ — i
1st Endorsement 24 April 1919.
Prom: District Communication Superintendent.
0}o : Sweeney, John Leonard, C.E. (R) USN.
Reported.
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THE RECEIVING BWV'AT HEW tQHK*
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BAY RIDGE BA .{HACKS Brooklyn* N, Y«
R-540-JIiB: ERR MOST GO TODAY.
23 Apri_l__19_19__
From: Commanding Orfioar »
To: BEISON, Howard Grant George, E)EO( lo DSN.
Subjeot: ORDERS t6 PROCEED
REFERENCE: (a)
^ you - will proceed
this date to the DCS. 44 Whitehall St. N. Y. .
and immediately upon your arrival there you will tap t to the Officer in Charge.
3. Transportation and subsistence are herewith provided*
3. Your transfer papers, are forwarded herewith.
This per telephone conversation with Dieut. Rockwell, this date.
5023.10-114.4
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By Direction. -
1st Endorsement. 24 April 1919
Erom: To :
.strict communication Superintendent, ilson. Howard Grant George, Elc (H) OSH
1. Reported.
April 28 , IS 19.
From: Thomas A. Edison, Orange, fl.J.
To: Sunply Officer, Signal Corp3 General Supply Depot.
Fort Wood, Hew York Harbor.
Subject: Hadio equipment.
1. In the month of March. 1917, certain radio
aouipmont was supplied to me from your Depot, in accord¬ ance with instructions from the Chief Signal Of floor of the Army. In this connection, you may refor to letter
addressed to W. H. M os dower o ft. care the Edison Compuny.
Orange, I! . J . , dated March 10,1917, reference 7586. Li-913.
2. I have been so very husy on other experiments for the Government that I have only just been able to resume my experiments on radio signals. In connection with these experiments, I would lil.e to obtain the follow¬ ing:
2 - .0025 mfd. max. v&riable>eondensers;
i - .ooi " "
1 - .007 " fixed condensers
2 - Audi on bulbs -.4 prong - typejJ' and adapted;
1 - Pair 'Western Klee, phonos -'Head - for radio;
1- - piece Bakelito 7 X 7" - X £ thick;
60 - Ever Heady coils - tungsten;
3. Can you supply the apove items without further instructions from the Chief Signal Officer of the Army? If not, shall I make application to him, or will you?
4. • I shall bo obliged if this matter can receive prompt attention.
" (signed) Thos. A. Edison., •
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FROM;
TO;
,f.r to'fil. No., 475.7 DD-SC
Zone Supply Officer, 461 Eighth Ave., New York, ll.Y, Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Orange, H.J.
SUBJECT; Radio Equipment.
l Referring to your communication of April 28th,
reauest^np a supply of certain material for use in connec¬ tion with experiments of Radio Signals, he advised that of i+-»ms asked for only Tungsten Batteries are available a^ this Depot and the necessary 60 will he forwarded to your address, it being assumed that they are for use in connection with Government experimental work.
p Supplementary action on the other items requested
hvvou will no doubt be promptly taken by the Dir ec to- of
Storagd, Domestic Operations Division,
ington, D.C., to whom your communication has been referred.
•i jn replying, quote the complete file I,®feT??ce
sssi “e"
channels for prompt attention.
By authority of the Zone Supply Officer,
1 tit sww t pr f T7. ON DIVISION,
H. V: Weber,
Major, Sanitary Corps, In Charge, Division,
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PH:DS
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NAVY YARD, NEW YORK
«•'" HULL DIVISION
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SPEC TAT, DELIVERY. _
Edison laboratories.
Orange, H. J.
listening Device Seotion, Attention oi' Mr. J. Hanley.
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S.P. HO. 249 - SaiioXi' listening Gear. .
1. In connection with the installation of ^Listening
Sra ss
to the construction Officer.
2 It is requested that there he furnished also one
Officer.
3. Please consider this matter urgent.
H. I. WEIGHT //"•* By direction^
Fm 7 loadon, Conn.
say so isis. •
ftuBHBAT. pasOBlPflOH OB TCACIIiS! U.S.S.JMLiiCIA 3.F.JS4S
20 2B)iiA3 A. BDISOB.
length overall X79 feat
length on waterline 184 foot
i’onmaga about 200
Bs&tii 31 feet
Praught 9 foot aft 7 foot forward
Cruising rodijis 400 alias
6 K.Vf. dynamo. storage Batteries.
•4 cylinder triple osipanslon engine. 1200 H.P.
VArelesa telegraph and wireless telephone.
2 Soabury hollers, no listening apparatus.
S Staterooms aft an! I forward. Ho Bathroom.
Efistanm spool SO hoots, iiooaoaio spool 12 to 13 Joiots. Stool hull.
Craw 08 men an! 4 offioarn.
Single sorew propulsion.
Hots* 2hio vessel has been in a collision in August 1918. Fourteen foot of her bow too boon out off. It -will tafce at -least two months to got hor In oomaision.
She is also of fa red for sale by the gtyrerasionc.
SHEET NO. I
S. P. No. 249 (Hauoli) - t\v^ \
Hew York, N.Y. -
May 34 X9I9. ft) L yy, 0
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To: ThomaB A. Edison.
Sub ieot: Report of Test of Column ana Suspansion on
U.S.S. Hauoli S. P.249, as usad in oonnaotion with Edison Submarina Detector.
Wednesday. May 14 19X9.
- h«tt 5&vy Yttl'g-dook at 2:00 P.M. After maneuveering
around Navy Yard and East River for about half an hour wa proceeded to Bansonhurst and anchored there over night/it being too lata to sail for Haw London.
The column with suspension behaved very good on the. above short run.
Speed about 12 Snots.
Apparatus had quite a severe test while we were maneuveering around in Havy Yard and East River as it was neoessary to back at full speed at times.
Of course the tfolumn would tend to raise to the sur face when backing as this phase of the proposition has not been given consideration.
We set up recording instrument in the charts of the Ha Hauoli so as to have ittreadiness for pperation on the following day.
Inspected apparatus while at anchor in Gravesend Bay and found everything O.E.
S. P. No. 249 (Hauoh)
Thursday May 15 I9I9...
" Left Bensorihurst at 7:00 A.M. and proceeded to New London
Conn, hy the outside route.
We took the outside route so as to get as near to the actual conditions as possible.
Sea was rough (choppy).
The Hauoli pitched and rolled considerably as shown by
records.
Records of Bhip’s behavior were taken at various intervals during the day.
Speed was from 12 to 14 knots.
The apparatus behaved very good until 6:00 P.M. when one of the bronze bearings gave way. V/e were pitching considerably at the time.
Upon examination of the bearing we found that it was a very poor oasting, being mostly dirt.
This accident happened off Montauk Point, after sailing about 100 miles (about 10 hours).
This apparatus behaved very good until the bearing gave
way .
The sea conditions were very severe througout the trip, the whole affair raising completely out of the water and submerging at times.
V?e removed the column from tho out-rigger by means of the anchor tackle and placed it on deck, then proceeded to Fo±t Pond Bay to anchor over night* ^ being too late to go to New London.
S. P. No. 249 (Hauoli)
Thursday May 15 19X9 •
- - tH# above tost was by far the most Bevere we have put
any affair to so far.
Friday Bay at 6:00 a.M. and arrived at Hew London
at 8:00 A.M.
The weathei being fine and the water very oalm, we toot a roll and pitoh record so as to compare it with yesterdays records.
Went to the Experimental Station at Hew London to get a new casting so that test might he continued on the return trip. Casting promised on Monday.
Snturdpv Mrv t,oaring Was sent to the Hauoli at 5:00 P.M.
Mnnflnv Wnv T9 TOTQ ■ . . _
After getting caal and water at Hew London we proceeded
to Fort Pond Bay , arriving thore at 4:30 P.M.
Assembled top of oolumn , corrected bearing alignment and hung it in place on the outrigger.
Got ivery thing in readiness with the exception of putting springs in the absorbor, darkness having set in making farther work impossible.
I listened in on the listening device on the Hauoli (MV Tube) while coming across Block Island Sfeund. All that I oould hear was a continuous loud roar. This roar was oonstant regardless of tho position of the compensator. It was impossible tooenter or to get the binoral effect.
This roar is due to water noises. Oould not count the E.P.M.
of the Hauoli' s engine.
S. P. No. 249 (Hauoli)
Monday May 19 1919 Cont.
i had. a graduated listener aboard the Hauoli to listen in on the apparatus.
He reported the same roar and oould not oount the R.P.M. Tuesday May 20 19X9,
Put springs on absorber and got under way at 6:30 A.M.
Water very calm , weather very clear.
Toot roll and pitch records at various intervals during the
day.
Column rode much better due to the corrected alignment of the
bearings.
In the test of Thursday absorber was not free to wort to it's full capacity, booauso of the binding due to the bearings being out of line.
The absorber oan be observed taking care of boat vibrations, wave slapB etc.
About 3:30 P.M. whem we were appraaohing Hew York increased speed from 13 knots to 17 knots.
Speed seems to have no effect on the riding qualities of the
column.
When running at speed 15 to 17 knots there was a distinct note present due to the oolumn acting as a reed. Conditions happened to be jiBt right to produce this note, whioh was B natural and very loud at times.
When the oolumn is covered with rubber it will change the con ditions that produced the above note,' thereby eliminating it.
I bored a hole in the wooden ### Plug at top of oolumn and put a set of ear tubeB in to listen to the noise produced by the wake
Sheet Ho. 5
S. P. No. 249 (Hauoli)
Tuas day Hay 20 X919 continued.
The character of the noiso heard in the ear tubeB was a low steady rear.
'■Phis is due to the wake loft behind column, also to the surface friction of Bame.
When the column would come in contact with a chip or any small solid object in the water it produced a very loud click in the ear tubes.
While running at a speed of seventeen knots one of the springs in the absorber became strained and shortened up. This caused the column to ride a few degrees off the vertical. This in no way impairs the proper operation of the absorber or the riding qualities of the column. Springs of the proper length will overaome this tendency.
Arrived at 79th St. Horth River at 5:45 P.M.. B&aaesday Uay 21 1919.
1 am having new springs made in the laboratory.
I have ordered sufficient sponge rubber and brass wire netting to cover column.
Thursday May 32 1919.
Met Burns in Newark and proceeded to the Hauoli,
Put new springB in the absorber.
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S. P. No. 249 (Hauoli)
Friday May 23 1919.
A heavy fog prevented us from leaving the dock early. Left dock at twelve o'clock and proceeded outBide of Sandy Hook. Condition of aea -rough and choppy. Twenty-five mile wind blowing. Hauoli pitched and rolled considerably as shown by records.
The column would submerge completoly at times and would occasionally rise clear of the water. Proceeded on various courses designed to record maximum roll and pitch.
The absorber functions muck better now with the new springs.
After seven hours continuous sailing wo returned to Seventy- ninth St . .
The tests made during the past week convinces us thA that the apparatus is now properly designed and will stand up under the most severe conditions. This warrants the completion of the device as to covering and listening tubes.
The total time that the column remained on the bow while the ship was undor way was thirty hours. The maximum speed attained was seventeen knots. The average speed for all running * time was fourteen knots, this being the economical Bpoed of the ship.
The column will be removed from the outrigger and shipped to the laboratory for completion. Sketch is attached.
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g igned
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Hew York, N.Y.
Gentlemen:
RE: llr.Howard G. IJelson. 116 High St., - Grange.
I have reoeived your letter of Hay 29th, making inquiry as to the financial responsibility of the above-name:! party. Mr. Kelson is an Elec¬ trician in the U.S.Navy. He does not belong to our regular pay-roll hero, but hus been loaned to Mr. Edison by the Navy Department for some special work that will probably occupy some weeks to come.
He is a very steady admirable young fellow, so highly spoken of by his Officers when they sent him here. All I know about him is from experience nersonally gained while he has been het^ and that is all in his favor, but as to his financial responsibility I have no information. -
Your3 very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
June 4,19X9.
Captain C. C. Karsh, D.S.N. ,
In Charge Historical Section, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Kr. Charles B. Hanford has written to Mr. Udison stating that you would like to have the 30 rap hooks which wore made up under Mr. Kdison's directions nearly two years ago. so that thoy may bo preserved in the Historical Department and used for the purposes of obtaining data therefrom.
Mr. Kcison takes pleasure in forwarding ■ these books to yon and also a few loose clippings which are in an onvelope. They are all being forwarded by mail today, addressed to you.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Kdison.
A/7302.
NAVY DEPARTMENT Oiranom OB’ Naval Intbxojqbinobi
5 Dane 1918.
Hr. Wm. H. Meadowcrofy, /
A3st. to Ur. Thomas A fej£“-lSOn»
Edison Laboratory ,
Orange , Hew Jersey*
Dear Sir:-
I am in roceiPt of your favor of the 4th inst., also tie three scrap books and envelope S clippings sent under separate cover.
Will you please prosont my compliments to Hr. Edison and think him for Ms kindness in sending them.
I feel that the information they contain will he if t2« to the Historical Sectxon of the llavy Department.
fours very truly,
C. C. Marsh, Captain, U.S.H.
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THOMAS A. KDI30H LABORATORY.
July 23, 1919.
lip. W. A. Banner, Sup't., laboratory,
ghonaa A. Bilson Personal.
WU1 you Mindly arrange with the various nan still In the enploy of the Lahosatoiy, who wo*^ to Hr. Thoms A. mis on on aiy of the meat Experimental ordora to met In Mr. Kellow a Offioo Friday. July 26th, 1919, at 2‘30 p* “•
Thie meeting le requested lnjirdor to Bather ao much data as possible concerning the list of Shipment purchased on Government orders, copy °| Z^r^have. XI you will please complete your dll at of the Equipment you have been able to locate hy Xjm It will he appreciated.
CO i Mae s rs i Theo. BUson, Mred Ott, 8. 0. Warner, Joto Hanley, Wto. Bums, and file.
QHRtAJU.
Sandy Hook. N.J. July, 28/19.
Mr. Keadowcroft.
Edison Laboratory. Orango. N.J.
Dear Sir!
The Hauoli arrived hero at Sandy Hook dock today, at noon. correspondence addressed "U.S.S. Hauoli. S.P.249. care of
Post Master. N.Y." will reach here.
Tie expect to have the apparatus in place, on the bow of the ship, tomorrow or Wednesday. We will then be ready to go out and make some tests. I will send in a report on the results of the tests11 daily?
From Wednesday untill Saturday of last week, We rearr¬ anged the wire stays running from the mast to the bow of the ship, for the purpose of permitting a clear passageway for the sound conducting tubes from top of column to the listening booth, also reconstructed parts of the outrigger to elliminate loose play that might be bothersome while listening in. We had the ship's carpen¬ ter make a derrick for convenience of putting the column in place and removing it in such a way as not to cause any damago to same.
lly intentions are first, to get familiar with, and learn the the character of the sound of our own. boat, (the Hauoli) also tc determine the effect of water noioe(if any)at different speods.
Awaiting any orders, or any special outline of experi¬ ments that Mr .Edison might desire.
I am Yours Respectfully.
REPORT OH TEST OP EDISOH LISTEHIHG DEVISE, Oil THE U.S.S. HAUOLI S.P. 249.
Gravesend bay , Aug. 8/19.
To i- Thoe.A.Edieon.
Prepared to get under way for a run teat, to determine the noise of the Hauoli, water noiseo and to get conparitive noioeo between Edison devise and the M.V. tubes installed on the Hauoli.
Water is verry calm in boy. (beautifull day).
I am listening in, using the combination three way valve and all metal ear tubes 12"long, tapering from 3/4" to 3/16".
Pull anchor at 10:45 am.
Devise listens verry noisy, this noiBe is due to the anchor chain run¬ ning through hauae pipe.
Recorder is not running, had trouble with glass pons breaking and did not have time to repair same.
Am listening in port and starboard sides, (four diaphrams) .
Hoar main engine start at 10:50 am. anchor winch stops, verry quiet now. speed is 5 knots. I count 90 faint beats of the Hauoli' s ongine. Captain soys engine is turning 90 rpa. The beats are verry faint and of rather long duration, making the noise more of a slight steady roar. Boats are hard to pick out.
The noise is from the engine. There is absolutely no water noise heard in the ear .tubes at this speod.
I now listen in M.V. tubes at the same speed, 5 knots. Verry noisy, bad water noises. Engine noise is louder than in Edison deviBe but not as clear. Boats are difficult to count due to the bad water noises.
• I now liston in Edison devise ond increase spoed to 10 knots.
The noise increases a little. The heats ore in verry rapid suceosion now. The best way i can define it is that of a slightly interupted roar of a low char¬ acter. It seems to be distant. Hot verry strong.
There is HO WATER HOISES WHATEBER.
How reduce speed to 5 knots. Noise diminishes some what. Lower froquoncy.
I now liston in on the M.V. tube and increase spoed to 10 knots. Terrible water noises. Cant discern engine noises at all. We are now outside Ambrose Cha¬ nnel ond the Hauoli is rolling and pitching quite a lot. (ground swells). This rolling and pitching causes terrible water noises(big bubble noises)in the M.V. tubes.
It would be absolutely impossable to hear a ship over this noise. The noise remains the some regardless of the possition of the compensator.
Rolling and pitching makes no difference in Edison devise, except that the quality of the sound varies a little.
Captain Harris, Ensigns Allen. ond Taylor and Bums listened in on both the M.V. tubes and the Edison devise. All said that Edison devise is the best they ever hoard. We all arrive at the same conclusions as to the M.V. tubes and the Edison devise.
I listen in on Edison devise now and reduce speed to 5 knots . I hoar a bell ringing, 10 dings per minute. Captain says its a submarine bell on the Amb¬ rose light ship. She is 2 miles to our port side. We are sailing away from her at 5 knot speed. The bell is verry loud and cl ear. (can hear the overtones). Captain, Allen,Taylor and Bums listens and hears bell.
I now hear a tug boat verry loud, lOOrpm. She is running to our and stops about from 800 to CW 900 yards from us.
X still hear hell verry loud.
X now have Captain shut down the main engine and all auxileries, pumps etc. to determine their respective noises.
T7e are now. lying too. VTe are rolling and pitching considerable .
There is absolute quietness in the ear tubes. Rolling and pitching does not cause the slightest bit of noise.
Engineer now starts the auxileries and the main engine in the following
I, lain exaust to condenser . . ... 1:25 Pm>
Circulator . 1:26 ..
Feedpump . 1*27 ••
Air pump . 1 :23 . .
Generator . Is 29 ..
Blower engine . 1:30 • •
Main engine . 1j31 . . at 5 knots.
The electric generator makes the most noise of all the auxileries. It is a sharp knock of high frequency and is verry low in intensity. Tho main engine drowns out all the auxileries. I count 92 beats. Engine room rpn is 90.
Our own engine sounds as though it is at a great distance, this must bo due to tho poosition of tho diaphraaB with rospect to the point of sound propo- gation,and to tho fact that we are running away from our own sound. I notice that the sound diminishes considerable as soon as the ship gains momentum after the engine is started. The devise is in the correct poosition scientifically.
I dont think it will bo necessary to do any canceling out.
Ve are running at knot speed. I still hear bell. Hauoli is still pitch¬ ing and rolling. I listen in M.V. tube. T errible noisy at 5 knot speed here.
Cant pick up bell at all.
I listen in Edison devise. Hear bell verry loud and plain. \7e are now 5 miles away from the light ship with bell on. Captain,Allenand Burns hears bell at this distance running at 5 knot speed.
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Captain Harris and IIjrBelf hoars boll plain anti loud at 6 miles distance. We got diotonce by charted buyoye.
We now turn around and run head on to light ship at 10 knot speed. X am listening to pick up tho bell. Then Hauoli rune at 10 knot speed, her bow jumps up and down( vibration) , this causes the brass tubes to hit tho rubber hose and is bothersome while listening. Uiis is not continuous, it seems as though one or more of the tubes has a natural period the sane as the ships, More sponge rubber suporto for brass tubes in hose will prevent this trouble.lt only hap- ens at 10 knot speed.
I pick up bell at 2 miles distance and hear it for 2. miles after pass¬ ing lightship. This is high water mark, BEST EVER.
When Y/o were viithin a few hundred yards of the lightship i listened in on tho II.V. tubes. Could not hear bell at all.
We now come in as it will be necessary to fix up the tubes before we can get any further datta accurately.
Sailing in at 5 knot speed so that if column hits anything it will not bo liable to damage. I pick up a tug boat at 1J00 yards on our starboard bean verry plain, 80 rpn.
This is tho best devise I have ever listened in on, it oortainly is re¬ markably quiet and entirely free from water noises.
The Captain has requisitioned a rango finder from the Navy Department for the purpose of getting accurate distances of ships in connection with our future experiments. All Naval Reserve and duration of war mon will have to bo released by AugUBt 11, tills will leave loss than half of the crew on the Hauoli. The Captain has sent in a request for sufficient men to have an opperating crew untill our experiments are finished.
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It will be tuosdoy at the earliest before we can continue experiments.
The column rides fine since nose piece and clamps have been put on, it holds its form good,it loaves quite a wake behind while running at 10 knots, this wake however, cannot be heard in the ear tubes.
To this date, the column has been in the water for 250 hours without giving any diaphram trouble what ever.
SIGHED J.A. Hanlev.
Edison General File Series 1919. New Jersey Patent Company (E-19-53)
This folder contains documents relating to the New Jersey Patent Co. (NJPCo), a patent holding company controlled by Edison. The one item for 1919 is a report by Clarence S. A. Williams on the history of NJPCo. Attached to the report is a list of patents assigned to NJPCo by Edison and his employees.
August 21st, 1919.
SUBJECT) History of tha Haw Jersey Patent;' Company*
3* In the original certificate of organization it is stated thatV ■the objects for which the corporation is formed are to apply for, obtain, \ regioter, purchase or otherwise acquire and to hold, own, use, operate, \ sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any and all Inventions, improvements \ and prooesses and letters patent therefor and any and all formulae, seoret \ processes, trade marks, trade names, and distinctive marks in the United \ States and other countries, and to ubb, exercise, grant licenses in respeot I of or otherwise turn to aooount any and all such inventions. Improvements, j
prooesses, letters patent, formulae, seoret processes, trade marks, trade /
names and distinctive marks, and to do any an(i all things necessary or / useful for the purpose of carrying out the fopegding objeots in any part / of the world as principal, agent, trustee, or otherwise." — •'
^-^\* On^January 15, 1906, a special meeting of the Board of Dlreotors was<held-for'tUo purpose of amending and changing the charter of the company so that itaobjeot not only inoluded the above but also as follows s-
"1* To manufacture, purchase or other wise acquire goods,
/ wares, merchandise and personal property of every class and desorip- / tlon, and to hold, own, mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose of, trade,
■j deal in and deal with the same.
I 2. To acquire and undertake the goodwill, property, rights,
franchise and assots of every kind and tha liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, either wholly or partly, and to pay for the same in cash, atook or bonds of the corporation, or otherwise.
3, To enter into, makB, perform and oarry out oontraots of every kind and for any lawful purpose with any person, firm, asso¬ ciation or corporation.
4. To borrow or raise money without limit SB to amount by tho issue of or upon debentures or debenture stock, or in such other manner as the corporation shall think fit.
5, To draw, moke, aooept, endorse, dlsoount, exeoute and issue promlsory notes, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments.
6. To tako out patents, acquire those taken out by others, aoquire or grant ilosnses in respeot to patents, or work, transfer, or do whatever else with them may be thought fit.
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Columbia, and in any and all foreign countries, to have one or more offices therein, and to hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property, without limit as to amount therein, but always subjeot to the laws thereof.
8. To remunerate uny person or corporation for servioes rendered, or to be rendered. In plaolng or assisting to place or guarantee¬ ing tiie plaoing of any of the shares of stock: of the corporation, or any debentures or other aeourlties of the. corporation, or in or about the formation or promotion of the corporation, or in the oonduot of its business.
9. subjeot to the provisions of Aka law to purohase, hold and re-issue the shares of its oapital stook.
10. To do any or all of the things herein set forth to the 3ame extent as natural persons might or oould do, and in any part of the world.
and powers.
The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as object
In general, to oarry on any other business in oonneotion with the foregoing, whether manufacturing or otherwise, and to have and to exeroise all the powers conferred by the laws of Hew jersey upon corporations formed under Jhe "Aot Concerning Corporations" (regislon of 1896) and the aots amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; it being hereby expressly provided that the foregoing , enumeration of specific, powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any m the powers of tt)e corporation."
5. In Hay, 1903, Mr. 3andera resigned and Mr. J. V. HilleX-was elected a director in the former's place; also Messrs. Pelzer and Flaoher resigned and Messrs. Howard Hayes and John Rundolph took their plaoes.
6. Oaring the next few years stockholders and direotors con¬ stantly changed and among those holding offloe at different times ore the following: Cm. E. Gilmore, Thomas A. Edison, H. P. Miller,
Frank Oyer, Charles Edison, Hamilton Musk, william Meadov/oroft, 3. B. Mambert, Ralph Allen.
7. Hew By-laws were adopted in February, 1906.
8. On page 45 in the minute book the minutes of a speoial meeting are given wherein it was resolved that"$45,000.00 of the railroad bonds shallbe sold by the Hew Jersey Patent Company to the Rational Ihono graph Company." It 1b not olear how the Patent Company acquired these bonds.
9. On page 47 of the minute book are reoorded minutes of a speoial meeting held February 27th, 1909, where the sale was authorized of certain patents by Thomas A. Edison to the Hew Jersey Patent Company
is^for $6, 000, 000.00. It is not olear from the minutes how the Patent
Company financed this purchase, Mr. Edison in his letter£merely stating
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that $3,427,214.06 had. already been paid him on account of said patents, applications and Inventions, so that there was still owing him $1,572,786.94.
10. On February 28th, 1911, it was voted to Boll all property and assets to Thomas A. Edison, ino. for 2,000 shares of Thomas A. Edison, Inc. stock having a par value of $200,000.00. It is not clear to me what has happened to the $5,000,000.00 of assets In patents, etc. aoqulred from Mr. Edison in 1909.
11. Hew By-laws wero adopted on Juno 12, 1916, probably to oonform with the standard corporation by-laws of the other interests.
12. On May 23rd, 1917, Thomas A. Edison bought from the Patent Company 2,000 shares of Thomas A. Edison, Ino. stock for $200,000.00; at the same time the Hew Jersey Patent Company bought from Mr. 6 Mrs. Edison 90 shares of Patent stock for $199,000.00, loaving a balance aSr <*■> the two deals of $1,000.00 In the Hew Jorsey Patent Company treasury. This also left ten Bhnres outstanding.
13. The present stockholders are as follows!
How Jor3oy Patent Company Thomas A. Edieon,
Charles Edison,
3. B. Mnmbert,
H. F. Miller, J. V. Miller,
90 shares 6 shares
The directors at present arei- Charles Edison, Thomas A. Edison, S. B. Mambert, U. F. Miller, J. V. Miller.
The officers at present are:-
Charles Edison, Chairman of the Board of Directors Thomas A. Edison, President
3. B. Humbert, vloo-Presldent and Financial Executive J-. V. Miller, Vloe President and Boneral Manager H. F. Miller, Treasurer Balph Allen, Saoretary.
There Is at the present time no oxeoutlvo oonmittse.
14. Various reasons ara given as to the actual purposes for whioh the Company was formed. Mr. Holden states that at that time it was thought that any legal troubles resulting from price fixing oould be avoided if the patents were not actually held by the Phonograph Oompany. He states, however, that supreme court deolsions have rendered this action of no value at present. Hr. H. F. Miller claims that
the Oompany wa3 formed to hold patents In order that no matter what beoame of tho Phonograph oompany, patents would not be Involved. At the present time certain patents, a list of whioh Is attached, are held under assignment by the Hew Jersey Patent Company, but It is the personal
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opinion of Mr. Holdon that it would ho hold by the courts that legally these patents belong to Thomas A. Edison, Xno. Hr. H. F. Hiller states that it is qusstionable as to whether the Hew Jersey Patent Company aotually owns thess patents or not.
15. At present the Company hnB $1,000.00 in the bank, against whloh Is outstanding ten shares of Btook paving a par value of $1,000.00, Besides this asset, there are the aforementioned patents whloh tho patent company may own but which I believe would aotually be oonsidered as assets of Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
16. under tho present charter, it Is privileged to operate along almost any line of activities which it desires.
17. To increase tho capital stock to $360,600.00 it would cost approximately $60.00 ($20.00 for each $100,000.00) . On any corporation not olassed as a manufacturer there is an annual lioense fee of one-tenth of one peroent on all capital stook issued <ht outstanding. This would amount to $300.00 per year on capital issued and outstanding of $300,000.00. It would oost $20.00 to change the name.
C. 3. A. Williams.
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PATENT
1JUMBER
878,121
1,076,694
1,076,789
1,078,264
INVENTOR ffln. A, Cook H. T. Oliver A. L, Saltzman
1,078,266 T. A. Edison
1,078,266 T. A. Edison 1,087,110 N. 0. Duran4 1,087,129 F. H. May
1,087,143 A. L. Saltzipan 1,090,909 Eban 0. Dodge 1,092,906 Adolpb F. Gall
1,092,906 Adolph B. Gall 1,092,911 N. H. Holland 1,098,646 John Oertly 1,096,286 H. T. Oliver
1,097,986 3. 1. Moore
1,097,987 0. 3. 03borne
1,098,100 H. 0. Durand
1,099,346 I. A* Edison
1,099,347 T. A. Edison
1,099,348 T. A. Edison
1,099,349 T. A. Edison
H. 0. Durand
TITLE
FEED MECHANISM FOB PHONOGRAPHS CAMEHA FOCUSING DEVICE PRIMARY BATTERIES
PNOHOGRAMIIC RECORDING OR RE PRO 4 DUCING APPARATUS
PROCESS OF MAKING PHONOGRAPH REOORDS
DATE
ISSUED
Feb. 4, 1908 Oot. 28, 1913 Oot. 28, 1913 HOV. 11 ,‘ 1913
HOV. 11, 1913
SOUND-BOX
ADVERTISING DEVICE
MOTION PICTURE PROJECTING APPARATUS
PRIMARY BATTERIES PRIMARY BATTERIES
MOTION PICTURE PROJECTING APPARATUS
PROJECTING APPARATUS
HffiNOGRAIHS
KINETO SCOPES
CAMERA FOCUSING DEVICE
METHOD OF FORMING SOUND RECORD MOLDS
PHONOGRAPHS
DICTATION MEMORANDUM SHEEPS PHONOGRAPH REPRODUCERS PHONOGRAPH REPRODUCERS PHONOGRAPH REPRODUO EES
METHOD OF MAKING SOUND RECORD MOLDS
CONTROLLING DEVICES
HOV. 11, 1913 Feb. 17, 1914 Feb. 17, 1914
Feb. 17, 1914 Mar. 24, 1914 Apr. 14, 1914
Apr. 14, 1914 Apr. 14, 1914 Apr. 21, 1914 May 6, 19J.4 May 26, 1914
May 26, 1914 ' May 26, 1914 June 9, 1914 June 9, 1914 June 9, 1914 June 9 , 1914
Aug. 11, 1914
,106,443
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1,109,917 Adolph F. Gall
1,110,382 5. A. Edison
1,110,417 J. W. Aylsworth
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APPAHATUS FOR PRODUCING MOTION Sept. 8, 1914 PICTURE FILMS
30UNI) MODIFIER Sept. 15,1914
PROCESS FOR MARINO HIONOGRAIH Sept. 15, 1914
RECORDS
1.110.428
1,111,999
1,116,374
1,117,659
1,118,114
1,119,113
1.119.141
1.119.142 1,119,269 1,122,554 1,126,295
1.126.428 1,130,156 1,137,487 1,138,360
1,142,507
1,145,116
T. A. Edison
T. A. Edison J. V/. Aylsworth Adolph F. Gall T. A. Edison A. N. Plerman T. A. Edison T. A. Edison Adolph F. Gall A. G. Tossler A. L. Saltzman T. A? Edison T. A. Edison N. B. Holland T. A. Edison
Devereux Elinas T. A. Edison Jerry Ohesler
1,146,390 J. W. Aylsworth
1,146, 391 J. W. Aylsworth 1,146,413 T. A. Edison
l;146v414 T. A. Edison
PROCESS OF FORMING PHONOGRAPH STYLI
(PHONOGRAPH RECORDS SOUND BOX
IE1H0D OF MAKING MOLDS FOR SOUND RECORDS PHONOGRAPH REPRODUCERS
SOUND REPRODUCERS SOUND RECORDS
Sept. 15, 1914
Sept. 29, 1914 Oot. 27, 1914 NOV. 15,1914 Nov. 24, 1914 DEC .1, 1914 Deo. 1, 1914 Deo. 1, 1914
PHONOGRAPHS
Deo. 1, 1914
OPHEHT
PRIMARH BATTERIES SOUND RECORDING APPARATUS
MACH CUE FOR SHAVING SOUND RECORDS OR BUNKS
PHONOGRAHi REPRODUCERS
METHOD OF PRESENTING THE ILLU¬ SION OF SCENES IN COLORS
PRIMARY BATTERIES SOUND RECORDING APPARATUS
ALTERNATING-CURRENT RECTIFIER AND RECTIFYING SY3TPM
METHOD OF MOLDING SOUND RECORDS AND OTHER OBJECTS
METHOD OF FORMING MOLDED ARTICLES
ME1H0D FOR PRODUCING TABLETS FOR SOUND RECORDS
METHOD OF MAKING PHONOGRAPH
Deo. 29, 1914 Jan. 26, 1915 Jan. 26, 1915 Mar. 2, 1916 Apr. 27, 1915 May 4, 1915
May 4, 1915 Juno 8, 1915 July 6, 1915
July 13, 1915
July 13, 1915 July 13,1915
July 13, 1915
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1,160,519 N. Hi,' Holland and IT. 0. Durand
1.152.614 I. A. Edison
1.152.615 T. A. Edison
1,152, 616 T. A. Edison
L?152,646 Sam G. Lungley
1,155,512 A, L. Saltzraan
1,156,572 N. H. Holland
1,158,659 T. A. Edison
1,158, 660 T. A. Edison 1,168 , 661 T. A. Edison
1.162.779 N. H. Holland
1.162.780 N. H. Holland
1,162,800 \ym. p. Nehr
1,167, 460 J. w. Aylaworth 1,167 , 487 F. H. Ealr.vaather
1.167.499 \Y. E. Holland
1.167.500 N. H. Holland
1.167.501 N. a. Holland
1,170,258 DelOB Holdsn
1,174, 249 Adolph P. Gall
1,174,274 fl. F. Sillpot and H. A. Cook
1 {1741 29 2 Charles Sohlffl
1,17C,014 H. H. Holland 1,178,061 Prank I, Dyer .1,178, 062 T. A. Edison 1,182,894 Jerry Ohesler
MOTOR CABINET
Aug. 17, 1916
PHONOGRAPHIC RECORDING APPARATUS Sept. 7, 1915
ALTERNATING CURRENT RECTIFYING Sopt. 7, 1915 SYSTHI
CONTACT FOB ELECTRICAL APPAR* ACUS
ALTERNATING-CURRENT rectifier PRIMARY BATTERIES
phonograph or talking machine
STARTING AND STOPPING MECHANISM
Sept. 7, 1915
3opt. 7, 1915 Oot. 5, 1915 Oct. 5, 1915 Nov. 2, 1915 Nov. 2, 1915 Nov. 2, 1915 Deo. 7, 1916
MOTORS
PHONOGRAPH 10 MOLDING APPARATUS MOLDED ARTICLES CONTROLLING DEVICES PRIMARY BATTERIES PHONOGRAPHS PHONOGRAPH 10 APPARATUS PHONOGRAPH OR TAUCING MACHINE FILM-FEED MECHANISM
AHRARATU3 FOR MANUFACTURING PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
MAOHIHE FOR SHAVING SOUND EEOORDS
PHONOGRAPHS
PHONOGRAPHS
MOVING PICTURE APPARATUS
ALTERNATING-CURRENT RECTIFIER AND RECTIFYING SYSTEM
Dao. 7, 1915 Deo. 7, 1915 Jan. 11, 1916 Jan. 11, 1916 Jan. 11, 1916 Jan. 11, 1916 Jan. 11, 1916 Feb. 1, 1916 Mar. 7, 1916 Mar. 7, 1916
Mar. 7, 1916
Apr. 4, 1916 Apr. 4, 1916 Apr. 4, 1916 May 16, 1916
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1,182,897 I. A, Edinon
1,182,921 F. II. May
1,187,118 Peter Weber
1,187,135 Adolph F. Gall
APPARATUS BOR RBOOHDIHG AND REFRO*May 16, 1916 DUCING MOTION AND SOUNDS
MOTION PICTURE PROJECTING APPAR- May 16, 1916 ATU3
STOP DEVICES June 13, 1916
LENS SUPPORTING AND ADJUSTING June 13, 1916 DEVICES
1,187,137 Adolph F. Gall 1,190,072 E. L. Aiken
1,190,133 T. A. Edison
1.197.722 H. 0. Durand
1.197.723 T. A. Edison 1,197,732 Adolph F. Gall
1.201.448 T. A. Edison
1.201.449 T. A. Edison
1.201.479 Edward MoQall
1.201.480 Edward MoGall
1.201.481 Edward MoGall and M. D. Haloorason
1,204,420 T. A. Edison
1,204,424 Adolph F. Call
1,204,426 Adolph F. Gall
1.207.382 T. A. Edison
1.207.383 T. A. Edison
1,207,404 H. H. Holland
1,211,874 A. N. Pierman
1,213,197 N. H. Holland
1,214,920 N. II. Holland
1,215,309 Sum G. Langley
1,221,981 T. A. Edison 1,226,886 H. H. Holland
REPRODUCTION OF MOTION PICTURE FILM
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING
MEANS FOR RECORDING SOUNDS
SOUND MODIFIERS
COATING APPARATUS
MOTION PICTURE PRINTING MECHANISM
COATING APPARATUS
SOUND MODIFYING DEVICES
PRIMARY BATTERIES
PRI'IARY BATTERIES
0ALVAHIC BATTERIES
Juno 13, 1916 July 4, 1916 July 4, 1916 Sept. 12, 1916 Sept. 12, 1916 Sept. 12, 1916 Oot. 17, 1916 Oot. 17, 1916 Oot. 17, 1916 Oot. 17, 1916 Oot. 17, 1916
SOUND BOX NOV. 14,
KINETOSCOPES Nov. 14,
LENS-SUPPORTING DEVICES PRIMARY BATTERIES SOUND RECORD TABLETS HIONOQRPAH REPRODUCERS PHONOGRAPH REPRODUCERS PHONOGRAPHS ELECTRIC SWITCHES MEANS FOR CHARGING STORAGE BATTERIES Feb, ALTERNATING-CURRENT RECTIFIERS Apr. 10,
TELE IH ONE TRANSMITTERS . Kay 22,
NOV. 14, Deo. 5, Dec. 5,
Feb. 6,
1916
1916
1916 1916 1916
1916
1917
1917 1917
6, 1917 i, 1917 1917
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1,229,749
1,229,697
1,230,816
1,230,819
1.234.450
1.234.451 1,242,792 1,242,858 1,245,192 1,248,468 1,248,641 1,265, 179 1,266,777 1,272,174
1.272.261
1.272.262 1,276,257 1,275,302 1,282,011 1,283,450 1,283,771 1,283,470 1,286,259 1,286,357 1,290,138 1,290,199
1,273665
H. H. Holland
H. P. Allan
J. IV. Aylsworth A. F. Gall T. A. Edison
I. A. Edison
A. F. Gall and N. A. Curtiss
X. D. Pike
Jorry Choalor T. A. Edison
B. F. Philpot John P, Constable If. C. Durand
E. 7.. Aiken
H. H. Holland II. H. Holland II. H. Holland A. N. Pierson
J. '.V.Ayla-.vorth and
S. L. Aiken
J. Aylsnorth (Deoeasod) oto.
N. H. Holland
J. ?. Constable
T. A. Edison
S. G. Langley
I. A. Edison N. H. Holland
F. D. Lewis
T. A. Edison Evan B. Basdh
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PHOTOGRAPHS
KEELS
.METHOD OF MAKING RIOTOJ RECORDS SUPPORTS
CELLULOID RECORD BLARES MOLD OR TRANSFER PLATES MOVING PICTURE MACHINES PH0N0GRAHI3
CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR MOVING PICTURE MACHINES CELLULOID RECORD BLANKS
MOLDING PHOTOGRAPHS RECORDS PHONOGRAPHS OR TALKING MACHINES PHONOGRAPHS
MOTION PICTURE PROJECT DIG APPARATUS
CONTROLLING DEVICE3
HI0N0GRAKI3
PHONOGRAPHS
SOUND REPRODUCERS
THE PRODUJl’ION OF SOUND RECORDS
June 12, 1917 June 12, 1917 June 19, 1917 June 19, 1917 July 24, 1917 July 24, 1917 Oot. 9, 1917 Oot. 9, 1917 Nov. 6, 1917 Deo. 4, 1917 DSC. 4, 1917 Hay 7, 1918 May 21, 1918 July 9, 1918 July 9, 1918 July 9, 1918 Aug. 13, 1918 AUg. 13, 1918 Oct. 15, 1918
PHONOGRAPHS
RATCHET DEVICES
MEANS FOR REOORDINO SOUNDS
SWITCHES
FRICTION SPEED GOVERNORS CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR PHONOGRAPH!
Nov. 5, 1918 NOV. 5, 1918 Deo. 3, 1918 Deo. 3, 1918 Jan. 7, 1919 3 Jan. 7, 1919
OATOHES Jnn. 7f 1919
S..AGING MACHINES jan. 21, 1919
PHONOGRAPHIC DICTATING MACHINES Sept. 10, 1918
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45,043
45,048
45,126
60,966
50,96V
50.968
50.969
60.970
50.971
52.491
62.492
52.493
52.494 52,721
DESIGN PATENTS OWNED BT
HEW JERSEY PATENT C07IPAKT
K. F. 0, Goettlng P, 0, Lewis Jos. Rublno YiW. A. Frenoh wa. A. French Ms. A. French Wm. A. Frenoh rn. a. French Wa. A. Frenoh W. 0. Pitts
W. 0. Pitts W. Q. Pitts
W. C. Pltt3 S. C. Alnone
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR OAVINET ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR CABINET ORNAMENTAL DESION FOR CABIHET ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR CABINET ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR CABINET OHDAHEllTAL DESIGN FOR CABINET ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR CABINET ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR CABINET ORNAMENTAL DE3IGN FOR CABINET
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR A PHONO* GRAPH CABIHET
ORNAMENTAL DSSION FOR A PIIONO- GRAPII CABIHET
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR A PHONO- ORAPII CABINET
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR A PHONO¬ GRAPH CABINET
ORNAMENTAL DE3IGN FOB A PHONO¬ GRAPH CABINET
Deo. 16, 1913 Deo. 16, 1913 Jan. 6, 1914 Juno 26, 1917 Juno 26, 1917 Juno 26, 1917 Juno 26, 1917 June 26, 1917. June 26, 1917 Sept. 24, 1916
Sept. 24, 1918 Sept. 24, 1918
Sept. 24, 1918
Deo. 10, 1918
52.722 R. C. Aiaono
52.723 5. C. Airaono
52.724 R. 0. Aiaone
52.913 Win. A. Frenoh
62.914 wa. A. Frenoh
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR A PHONO- Deo. 10, 1918 GRAPH CAhlnot
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FORA PHONO- Deo. 10, 1918 ORAPH CAB DIET
ORNAMENTAL DE3IGN FOR A PHONO- Deo. 10, 1918 GRAPH OABINET
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FOR A PHONO- Jan. 28, 1919 GRAPH CABIHET
ORNAMENTAL DESIGN FORA PHONO- Jan. 28, 1919 GRAPH CABINET
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866,437
874.672 22,387 25,885 847,386 125,564 126,531 136,782 192,440
192,'652
192,674
193,232
195,043
208,777
223,899
240,171
241.672 246,105
PATENT APPLICATIONS "OWNED BY NSW JEBggY PATENT OOHPANY
INVENTOR N. K. Holland
TITLE
SPEAKING TUBE SUPPORTS FOR PHONOGRAPHS
FILED
July 13, 1914
T. A. Edison N. H, Holland J. P. Oonstablo J. F. Ott F. F. Main'
T. C. Brown Wn. do U. Telfair Si' B. Langley
MOLDS FOR SOUND RECORDS Oot. 13, 1914
SOUND RECORDING APPARATUS NOT. 30, 1914
PHONOGRAPHS OR TALKING MACHINES* Apr. 19, 1915
PHONOGRAPHS OR TALKING MACHINES May 5, 1915 TAIXINC? MACHINES June 26, 1914
SYSTEM FOR HANDLING CORRESPONDENCE Oot. 14, 1916 HOLDERS oot. 14, 1916
37, 'ITCHES Deo. 13, 1916
Park B. Hyde
Geo. T. Uallette if. U. Holland N. II. Holland
J. P. Constable et al.
H. II. Holland J. P. Constable N. H. Holland J. P. Oonstablo YAa. H. Miller
Est. of j.y;. Aylsworth and Edward L. Aiken
Sept. 21, 1917
PACKING FRAMES Sept. 22, 1917
PHONOORAPHS Sept. 22, 1917
TRANSMITTERS AND CIRCUITS THEREFOR Sept. 26, 1917 i, 1917
PHONOORAHIS . Deo. 26, 1917
PHONOGRAPHS Mar. 22, 1918
MICROSCOPES Juno 15, 1918
DRIVING CONNECTIONS June 24, 1918
PRODUCTION OR PHONOGHAHi RECORDS July 22, 1918
METHODS OF PRODUCING SOUND RECORDS Sept. ,11, 1918
E3t. of J.'A.Aylaworth MATRICES FOR PRODUCING SOUND RECORDS Sept. 11, 1918 and Edward L. Aiken
Edison General File Series 1919. Patents (E-19-54)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to foreign and domestic patent applications, assignments, litigation, legislation and other patent matters. Among the items for 1919 are several drafts n Edison's hand outlining his ideas regarding government ownership of patents and the provision of royalties to "salaried inventors. Also included in these drafts, as well as in related correspondence with Allen A. Dicke of Remmgton Arms Co. and Maj. A. M. Holcombe of the Munitions Patents Board, are Edison's ideas regarding policy toward employees who apply 'for pat ents nn connection with their work. In addition, there is a circular from the Paten Office Society pertaining to congressional legislation affectin^he^
Office, as well as letters sent by Edison to the members of the New Jersey congressional delegation in response to the concerns ralsed 'n th^'^r„ The letters to New Jersey Sen. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen and t0 Nebrask Sen. George W. Norris, chair of Senate Committee on Patents, have been selected.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The unselected items include Edison's letters to the twelve New Jersey members of the House of Representatives and to New Jersey Sen. Walter E. Edge, all of which received only routine acknowledgments; copies of booklets ion the U.S. Patent Office and the patent system; and routine informational inquiries answered by Edison's secretarial staff.
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"i <&e, of course, have such arrangements with em- fC_.. - i* a « to make inventions and this
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•effected) without difficulty, is not quite clear to us, r S’ andSwe would), therefore, like to profit by the experience _
; of •'ether manufacturers who have adopted such a polioy. V7e nj j*1 J are$ therefore, taking the liberty of writing to you and jj <0 r- w seVerdl) other manufacturers whose business is based to some .
<S exten^n patents, in the hope that you may^oa^abie to give t
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1. An agreement to assign without extra compensation removes the incentive to S invent and suggest improvements?
£_^2. If so, whether this effect could satis- factorily be overcome by offering to pay a specified sum for inventions pre¬ senting sufficient novelty and importance to warrant the filing of an application for patent thereon?
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Page Two. January 31, 1919.
3. Will employees readily aoquiesoe in or welcome such an arrangement.
4. What is your opinion of the so -called "Suggestion System"?
We would be very pleased indeed to hear from you with respect to your experience in Buch matters, and Should be very happy to extend reoiprooal favors, if possible.
Very truly yours,
THE REMIHGTOK ARMS UHC CO., Inc.,
February 7,1919..
Ur* A. A. Duke,
Patent Attorney, •
The Hemington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co.. Woolworth Building, - .
How York, H.Y.
T have received your letter of January 31at. ' .We start our men to work out a specific scheme. giving them, all the .details of what is wanted and also general details of the way in which the object mi-aht be accomplished. If they succeed in finally perfecting the scheme we sometimes apply for a patent, but not always, aB we do not believe in patents to any great extent. -Then we give the men or man a lump snm of money, say. $100 to *800 and sometimes even up to $2,500. This whets .their appetite and we pnt them on other jobs, but promise them nothing, hor have we any specific agreement.
We have a Suggestion Department, but the average man ha3 no imagination and wo seldom get anything of value.
In my opinion, the best plan is for a factory to have two or three first-class Machine Designers, let them orove their capacity and then pay them big salaries,' or a smaller salary and lump sums after each successful effort. The latter plan is the_best. ^
Yours very truly.
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ompfeyeoa to%!gnywith reference to inventiene.
4. Any information or suggoetionn or roouite of ycrnr experience which you may he ohlo to give in thi b will ho highly appreciated.
Youtb truly,
(A, M. Holoomhe)
!oior , Ordnanoo U. S. A.
la r Bepartmont Repreeontative
in Munitions 1-utontB Board.
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'Major A. M. Holaomba, U.S.A. ,
War Department Representative on Munitions Patents 3oard,
Room 2541,
Munitions SIdg. ,
Washington, D.C,
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of April 29th for attention of our Patent Department has been referred to Mr. . Edison. •
He wishes me to say that we have never had contracts with our employees regarding patents for inventions made by thorn in the prosecution of their work.
yours for the Victory loan.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
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Sir:
My attention has been called to the fact Mile embodying certain recommendations of the Patent Committee of tin. iia..Uiu'.l
Juno 9,1919.
Hon. Joseph S. Frelinghuyson, D. S. Senate,
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:-
My attention has been oolled to the faot that bills -embodying certain reaommenduti ons of the Patent Committeo of the national Hesearch Council are about to be introduced in Congress.
As we all know , the Patent Office is the only branoh of the U. S.' Government that lias consistently, year after year, shown a profit, and yet, in spite of the discouraging effect on the inventors of our country, due to the inadequate facilities of the Patont Office, the- many appeals made to Congress to use a portion of the profits for the immediate necessities of the Patent Offioe have either been refused, or, in the few instances where anything was done, only a fraction of what was asked has been granted.
The assistance rendered inventors by yaw- patent system is indeed little enough, and if you think, well of the measures about to be introduced, I ask that, you urge their adoption.
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Liy dear Ur. EdiBon:
Your favor of June 9th is hoforo ice. V'nile I cm not a member of the Committee on Patents, nor familiar with inventions or kindred matters, I realize that, as a ratter of simple business, there should be an overhauling of our patent le.v/s, end especially of the methods prevailing in the conduct of the Patent Office.
Permit mo to suggest that, if you have not already done so, it might be well for you to personally addross the Chairman of that Committee, Hon. George .VI. Korris, giving your views. I am sure careful hoed would be givon to any recom¬ mendation you might make.'' I will bo glad to cooperate, but
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from the Committee on 'patents, before, the Senate itself oan consider remedial legislation, yours very truly,
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June 17,1919.
Hon. George ;?orris.
Chairmen, Committee on Patents,
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Ky dear Sir:- '
I tj?n enclosing cop.* of a latter which I addressed to each of tho Senator ar.u ilepresentsti ves of the State of Maw Jersey. This letter will explain itself.
It has boeri suggested to me that I might personally address .you, as you arc Chairman of the Patents Committee. i, therefore, tale the liberty of ashing your attention to tho letter of which the enclosed is a copy, ar.a trust that the matter will receive the attention of your Committee.
jfours very truly.
Enclosure.
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All patents are assigned to the Commissioners in trust for
the Inventors.
3. Title always In the Government, in trust.
4. Commission issues lioenses on request of the inventor.
5. Persons hired hy corporations on salary to devise inventions,
and should they patent them, the oonoern only gets a lioense. The inventor gets a certain small royalty, which must he paid to the Government Trustees. The royalties to he X* on the saving made in labor cost of manufacturing. the article or the product of the article
patented, or cost of manufacturing the component part covered by the patent. The lioense to bo exclusive.
6. In cases where an inventor has been compelled to get money help perfect his invention; but is not
from another man or men to
under a salary, tha royalty to the inventor exclusively must.be a minimum of 6 # on the selling prioe of the artiole and suoh other Interests as the inventor and his baokers oan agree on, but in any event, the 5% must be paid to the trustee for the inventor.
7. In oase where the inventor furnishes his own capital and
produces the machine, etc., he is to receive a minimum of 5# on the selling prioe of the manufacturer and, if he desires, require the licensees to pay more. 'VW-CX''^ crvve
8. Where an inventor manufactures his own invention, he is to have an exclusive lloense and to receive a minimum royalty of 5$
on the manufacturing selling prioe, whioh is not transferable should
he sell out his business. She royalty oannot be transferred.
9. The royalty payable the Government for the inventor should be
the sam«
is a fund for ohildren and is placed in a trust Company.
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9-oontd. Hone of the royalty payable to the Government for the benefit of the inventor oan be seized for debts; no law van reaoh it.
10. In oases where a Company has seoured an exolusive lioense
and fails to actively work the patent so as to afford the inventor
a fair inoome, or nses the patent in any way inimioal to the inven¬ tor, or to the publio, the Government Trustees may oanool the lioense
and issue lioense to others.
11. In oase the aotion of the Government Trustees is not satis¬
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Mr. Edison: -
in order to deduce the general principles upon which payment of royalties for the use of inventions should he based,
I should like to have your views on the following invent! ons:-
1. A new composition, extensively sold, e.g. vulcanized rubber, celluloid, linoleum, mercerized cotton.
The process for making it.
A new composition not extensively sold, e.g. phos¬
phorescent paint, artificial gems, sympathetic ink.
5. The process for making it.
6. The apparatus for making it.
7. An apparatus for transmitting intelligence - widely use* e.g.. telegraphs, telephones, printing presses, typewriters, signalling devices, phonographs and records, hand cameras, project- ing machines,, also improvements in details thereof.
8.
A method whioh employs the same.
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9» An apparatus for transmitting Intelligence, not widely used, and details thereof, e.g,, motion picture cameras* color photography, submarine deteotors, speoial telephones* telegraphs and signals.
10* Apparatus for manufacturing, mining or treating material, widely used - rook drill. Hot widely used - rook crusher.
A detail of each of same. Methods employing same.
11. A method of mining sulphur by superheated steam.
12* A method of recovering metals from tailings.
13. An aeroplane; an aeroplane motor; a lubricator limited to use with an aeroplane; a lubricator adapted for use with any high speed meohanism.
14. A bridge; a blast furnaoe; a pavement; a rotary kiln; an aqueduct; a break water.
15. Maohines for making vaBt quantities of small articles, such as sorewB, eyelets, etc*
16. Dental and surgioal apparatus.
17. A process of embalming.
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18. A process for purifying water for bathing or drink¬ ing, or air for breathing.
19. Apparatus for same.
20. Arms and munitions of war.
21. A system of distributing electric current.
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- ADMINISTRATIVE SUOSESTIONS AS 10 PRICES:
Salaried inventor, devising or discovering a now composition of
matter is to reoeive 2# of the diffaranoa between the manufactured
oost and the manufacturer's selling price.
If a ffiLaried inventor produces a new maohine, tha component parts
of which are old and free to the public, but which, by his act, has
been improved so as to be desirable to the capital advanced so they
desire the inventor to take out a patent, then he shall receive a
royalty of not less than 2/S of the difference botween the oost and the
selling price of the manufacturer.
If a salaried inventor improves an exisiting maohine on whioh
there are already exisiting patents, then the royalty Bhall be Xf> of
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the differenoe between the oast to manufacture and the Belling price.
If a salaried inventor improves upon a machine not sold to the
publio, but used by the employer to make other machines whereby the
oost of the product manufactured is reduced then the royalty shall be
Z% on the difference between the cost as previously produced and the
oost as produced by the inventors improved maohine.
If a edaried inventor invents a new prooess, then the royalty shall
be 2 % on the difference in oost between those worked or made by the
old and the new process.
If uuoh salaried inventor or his employee do not want to take out
patent protection, but leave these Improvements open to the publio
then, and in that case, of course, no royalties are to he paid, hut
if the employee desires a monopoly of the improvement he must pay these
royalties to the Government^ for the inventor.
Case where an inventor is not under a salary, but where money
has been furnished him for his living expenses and for facilities for
working out his invention - Then for a new composition of matter hi
is to receive a minimum royalty of not lesB than 5$ on the manufact¬
urer's selling price, and more if the inventor has a contract made
previous to the granting of the patent, hut in no case less.
For a machine, the whole of which is free to the public, except
the improvement made by the inventor, he Bhall receive never less than
10$ of the difference between the manufacturer’s cost and manufacturer'
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B tiling price, and as much more if he shall have had a oontract to
that effeot before the granting of the patent.
If
new process, he shall receive 10$
of the lower costs brought
about by his improved process.
If he improves a machine upon which there are already patents
which machine is sold to the public, the difference between the
manufacturer's coat and the Belling price of the manufacturer shall
bo divided by the number of patents if the sum is one (?1.00) dollar and there are 3 patents other than this inventor’s - this makes 4.
This give 25/ allotted to each patent. The new inventor shall receive 10$ of this or Ztf, but if there is a previous contract, it may be more, but n^liSll*
If the inventor devises a speoial machine for manufacturing
and not sold to the public whereby cost is lessened or the article
improved, then the inventor shall receive 5# of the saving in oost brought about by his invention^ 'Miere an inventor furnishes his own
oapltal and perfects hiB own Invention.
His minimum royalties shall be for a new composition of matter 10 % of the manufacturer's selling price.
For an improvement on a machine upon which there are other patents,
a royalty of 15% on the sum between the oost of manufacturing and the
selling price is to be divided by the number of patents.
Where the inventor furnishes his own capital and does his own
manufacturing he is to receive 10% on thedlfferenoe between the manu-
factoring cost and sailing price. This is put in so the independent inventor shall stand his share of the oosts of the Trustee and his
expert and legal assistant, which I think, should he 10* of all royalty money received from licensees. I think there should only be on.
Trustee with two or three technical men as assistants, and several specialist lawyers in different parts of the Country being held on
retainer.
Suggest Trustee should receive as much salary as a Supreme Court of United States Judge. A man like William Howard Taft. Think
10* of all royalties received by Trustee should be deducted for expenses in office, salaries and lawyers fee for fighting oases.
If a Commission is appointed, it would not work near as well as
a single high grade man.
The publio can shoot at a single individual if he does wrong or make foolish mistakes and it will wound him and probably correct his errors, but a Commission is an impersonal thing - the public can
shoot all they please - no effect is produced.
The royalties I have made low where salaried inventors are oon-
oerned beoause they have large facilities given them.
The royalties go up as the inventors difficulties increase.
The minimum royalties in any event are not for the purpose of
making the inventor rich, but to give him enough money to live well and supply funds enough so he can be free of worry and pursue his
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vooation, whioh h • will always do up to the limit of the money he
receive and the people,, will get of the benefit of his work.
Temperamentally he is like the oH prospectors of the West, always
full of hope and everlastingly at his hobby.
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Edison General File Series 1919. Personal (E-19-55)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s past and present friends, acquaintances, and associates. Included is correspondence with John Burroughs and his longtime companion Clara Barrus, HarveyS. Firestone, William J. Hammer, Samuel Insull, Philip H. Klein, and Hudson Maxim. Among the subjects mentioned in the documents are Edison's annual camping trip, a machinists' strike at the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, Edison's disdain for labor unions, the use of Edison Portland Cement by the Firestone Co., and the impact of the war on the fortunes of Edison associate Sigmund Bergmann. Also included are a few items on the Edison company's use of Firestone rubber. Related documents can be found in "Rubber" (E-19-64).
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been selected. The unselected material includes correspondence with officials of Firestone Co., routine documents regarding arrangements for the camping trip, items pertaining to discounted phonograph and records, personal correspondence of Edison's assistant William H. Meadowcroft, and letters marked "no ans."
January 3, 1919.
My dear Mr. Meadoworoft:
I thank you vary muoh for your latter of the 31st ultimo
enclosing ...eng. fro. Hr. Edi.on •>■“• ** 184,81 to i1*-
Surely, I would r.th.r have the -sag. In that form than in any
other way.
Mre. Maxim and I have a Hall of Fame where hang inscribed portraita and meeaagee of some of the biggest men in the world. Therefore, if you will have Mr. Edison's holograph typewritten and signed and send it to me to frame and hang in our Hall of Fame, I shall ’esteem it among the most priced of our Hall of Fame possessions. The following is the Edieonian holograph:-
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see u. some tl.al We shall he glad to ... you an, time. ». hare interesting garter, and some Interesting thing, hoth at our olty house and our oountry home.
With great thanks.
William H. Meadoworoft, Esq., Edison Laboratory,
Orange, New Jersey.
January 10,1919
Mr. H. S. Firestone,
Akron, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Firestone:
I have, written two letters to Mr. Uaraill, one of them was dated the. fourth of this month and the other was written about ten days previously. I have not reoeived even an acknowledg¬ ment of either of- these two letters, and find it a little embarrassing when Mr. r Edison asks me whether the matter has reoeived attention.
ThiB relates to the special matter about whioh yon sent Mr. Hamill to see Mr. Edison personally early in November.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
FirestoneTire &Rubber Company
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I have been out of the city for some little time and found your letters on my return.
Your letter addressed to Mr. Firestone on the date of January 10th arrived in Mr. Firestone's absence. He is in New York and I am leaving for New York tonight.
I shall endeavor to get in touch with you in the matter while there and explain to you why it has been necessary foriyou to write with regard to the subjeot of your letters.
HUDSON MAXIM
February 6, 1919.
Dear Friend Edison:
I acknowledge your letter received through the courtesy of Mr. Meadoworoft.
This, the age of the greatest meohanioal develop¬ ment in the world's history, has been led by Thomas A. Edison, and by all ooming generations of men it will be known as the Age of Edison. Tnsrefore, you will know without my saying any more how muoh I appreciate your letter.
Alwayafaithfully yours, ^
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
March 14,1919
Mr. Chalmers Hamill,
Private Secretary to
Mr. H. S. Firestone,
Akron, 0.
My dear Mr. Hhmill: •
You promised to let me hoar from you in regard to that matter which has been outstanding for quite some time. 13 there not something that can be. done 'to clean this affair up and get it out of the way?
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
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Uy dear Ur. Ueadoworoft:
I am indeed sorry to be this matter, particularly in view of Firestone is becoming quite insistent being disposed of;
I feel however, that within thirty or slxt days it will be perfectly possible for the matter to }?e arranged.
Secretary to Ur. Firestone.
compelled to delay the fact that Ur. upon the matterB
Ur. yim H. Ueadoworof t.
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Dear Mr.Edison, , d ith about four more poundB of flesh
on ny old bones 5T? ^ ~fr8"t * m°n°idB
that regulate my mental syetem.
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letters here on my return.— and “ \ ^ant tell you of a phenomenal wit¬
nessed' f year Sgriast^prii^nd whioh^ou^ay^^able^o ^^/^e^iyer in ^^rr^of1^^^ woodedpis aboutmty feet Mgh.and distance across the river a along the river bank when ,on looking
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roughly .pooling, ab.otlbr.. taadrta t-^^talog oot to tu oppo.lt. .hor.. they became like long sections o feet in length. I was call-
When i laet saw them.tbey .«* \^°house%nd & net know just what
ed away to plant a tree on th ot0lock in the forenoon the maid called
happened in the interval, but ab°“fc *®n ° , And lo and behold! there it was! -
to me that- there was a rainbow in the . inbow with a span of several hun-
an offeot I had never before seen^- a perfeo travelled up, and when X
dred feet in the river.When l f VgoodmSb-*^ fast away, end was alto-
returned, it returned. It was, I think, 8
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Hopkins man, Dr .Ho Collom, in "biohheadvances some n0ur New6r Knowledge
If you have* not, I wieh you would l*****"*1*- “ „as greatly taken with it at of Nutrition", end ie published by Mac Hinans. theories won’t hold, at least,
first, but have since 1 to to know what you think of them,
I have serious doubts about them, ana «0UJ-U
With cordial good wishes to you and Mrs. Edison, x _ .inoeraly y»r
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ed by our camping trip. I enjoyed it and feel ready •£,
for the enlarged bueinese that is coming to ue - no p
doubt from our signs and advertising. I think we must quit advertising or we will have to buy too much 0 r Edison cement to put up more buildings. fT* L,
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You may be interested in the maohln- ^ v_. J ists1 situation in Akron whioh caused me some con- f‘ oern whiie on the oamping trip. Practioally all of £ y the machinists in Akron went out last Friday. More o <?« §
than fifty per oent of our men remained loyal and i5* ^ are stiii on the job. We have paidcff all those r~ SL
that went out and are through with them and are goinger> 5 £ to sit quiet. The machinists have no particular ._g__r complaint , oniy they want to join the union and I _ _j.
don't beiieve the time will oome when I can oonsen^r to have the unions operate my business. — 3* £ fc Cr
nioeiy in every way and that you will have your, vaoation in Florida this winter and that we will have our oamping trip next year.
With personal regards, I remain
Ur. Thomas A. Edison, Orange, New Jersey.
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August 27,1919.
Mr. John Burroughs,
Woodchuck lodge,
Roxbury , U. /.
Boar Mr. Burroughs:
.1 have received your letter of August 20th, and was greatly pleuaed to hear from you and that you roachod homo safely. I agree with you that ve .had a good time on’ our trip and onjoyeo. it very much .
I am unable to oxplain the Mawmee phenomenon and third: thot you should '.vrito to the Professor of Physics at Columbia College and submit the Mawmoe and rainbow for hiB opinion.
Am glad to -learn you gained weight - if you had eaten less, it would have been more gain. I have sent for HoCollom's book, as suggested.
Mrs. Edison is. still away, but I expoet she will be -back home about i’riday of this week.
With kind regards; I remain, _
Sinceroly ycurs
Sept. 2,1919.
Mr. H. S. Firestone,
Akron, Ohio.
Dear Hr. Firestone:
I am in reooipt of your letter of August 26th. I enjoyed the comping trip immensely and am feeling fine. It is good t.o learn that you have the 3ame experience. I hope you will realise the enlarged business that you anticipate. Speaking 'about advertising, I enclose a rough memorandum of an idea that has occured to me. As I told you, the stock holding sohemo has its defects.
I- have several hundred newspaper clippings about our camping trip.
iVith thanks for your good wishes, and with kindest regards, I remain.
Yours very truly,
Sept. 3,1'Jlt.
Mr. John Burroughs,,
Hoodohuck todge ,
Uoxbury, II. Y-
Dear Mr. Burroughs:
Mr. lord's Secretary, Mr. ii. 0. Idabold, sent to "r. Kdi3on an editorial from the Detroit Tim 33 of August 12th. Mr. 2<1 ioon has read
it with a groat deal of interest and thinks that you would like to see it also. 1 am, thoroiore, enclosing it herewith.
I am glad to loam that you enjoyed your last camping trip so much.
Yours very truly.
Assistant to Mr. 2d 330:1.
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HARVEY S. FIRESTONE. PRESIDENT
j'\ikir©st, ©uuu® CMH/EML September 5, 1919 .
My dear Mr. Edison :-
Your ietter of September 2 has come while Mr. Firestone is out of his of floe, but X know that he willbe very pleased to see it upon his return.
On Monday and Tuesday of this week he waB in Minneapolis attending the "Ship-by-Truck" demon¬ stration whloh was promoted by our Company. The demonstration developed into Transportation Day at the Minnesota State Fair and a parade about ten miles long. Mr. Firestone made two addresses in Minneapolis and in allhad a very busy time.
I am glad to say with regard to our busi¬ ness that August was the largest month the oompany has ever enjoyed in the way of sales, our sales be¬ ing ten and one-half million.
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Secretary to Mr. Fire art one.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Orange, New Jersey.
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I received a letter from Hr. Kinney [v of the Portland Cement Association inviting »« __ ,
to a dimmer of the association in Cleveland on-j Wednesday, September 2hth. X am attaching a copy of the letter and a copy of my reply ac¬ cepting the invitation. ~?f -> WV
Would it not be possilofe ^foTyonft'tj ^ oome on and be present at the dinner? Perhaps if you get that far I might be able to E®* ^ down to Akron and show you where some of your oement is going. <■
With very kindest regards, I am Yours very truly,
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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Chioago, Illinois.
September S, 1919.
H. S. Firestone, President,
Firestone Rubber Co.,
Akron, Ohio.
ily dear Mr. Firestone:-
In conneotiOn with the Fall Meeting of our Association, which oonvenes in Cleveland, September 22 to 24, a formal dinner will be held in the Rail Room of the Statler Hotel on the evening of Wednesday, September 24 at 7:00 P. M.
On behal-f of the Board of Directors of this Associa¬ tion, it gives me pleasure to extend to you an invitation to be present at this dinner. Your advloe as to whether or not we may have the pleasure of your company will be appreciated and if reply is made later than September 19, please address me care of Statler Hotel, Cleveland.
Yours very truly.
Signed - Wm. M. Kinney.
W. M. Kinney. IM General Manager.
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September 19/ 1919-
IS. Kinney, General Manager, Portland Cement Association, o/o Statlor Hotel,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Your letter of September Sth arrived while X was out of the office.
X appreciate your very kind invita¬ tion to the dinner of your association to be held at tho Statlor Hotel, 7/odnesdny evening, September a4th. It is with pleasure that I accept your invitation end I shall bo very happy to 'bo present.
I trust I shall have tho pleasure of Booing my good friend, Mr. Edition, at tho dinner aa I Snow of Mr, Edison's interest in your " a3oooifvtion.
Yours very truly.
September 23, 1919.
Mr. H. 3. Firestone,
Akron,
Ohio.
Bear Slr:-
I have received yonr letter of Sept. 19, and have read with Interest Hr. Kinney's Invitation to yon to attend the dinner of the Portland cement Assn. In Cleveland on September 24.
I would like to go but am simply swamped with experiments and oould not possibly get away. 1 hope yon will make a speech and practise all you oan, so whan’ ws go Into a town we can have a trained orator to give olass to our gypsy elan.
With kindest regards, I remain, Slnoerely yours.
Kdlphonod
September 25, i9i9.
Dear Ur. Edison:
I am in receipt of your letter of the 23d on my return from Canada today. I was unable to attend the. dinner of the Portland Cement Association in Cleveland last night, therefore, did not have an opportunity to praotioe on oratory.
I am afraid that you wiil have to find some feiiow, who has a larger vooabulary than I shaii ever have regardless of any training or practice that I might get, for your orator in the smaii towns when we are camping.
I am leaving tonight for New York with Mrs. Firestone and my two younger boys. On Saturday I must sign tp a iot of etook certificates and on Monday I wili have the pleasant or unpleasant task of receiving a oheok for ten million dollars for the preferred stock whioh we soid and which, no doubt, you have seen advertised.
While I am East, if I can arrange it, I wili run over to see you.
With personal regards, 1 remain
Yours very truly.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, Orange, New Jersey.
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Montreal , Sept- 27 / 19X9
I received! a y/eet7ago^ the first letter I the war a tar Led- Perhaps you have also now chance that
you nay not yet have had sjjmilar aumorj^iv news from him and because, in his letter to me, ho wrote "Give my beet regards to Kr. Edison". "j
S.B. says that all the members/Sf his family and him¬ self are in good health but otherwi^e-.hia account of what the war haB done to his country and^his government has done to him (in a financial way) is certainly a tale of woe- He practically say3 that it has cost him all the fruits of his entire German manufacturing career- I hope he is exaggera¬ ting somewhat but his letter doesn't leave that impression.
He says that he is thankful for his family's and his own good health but that his “interest in pushing work has praot- icolly ceased on acot of this terrible revolution and the bad outlook for the future" •
I don’t know how much of this he would want me to repeat even to you but I know you will respoot my confidence. It will no doubt also interest you to learn that he says that he “may" cons over this fall but will surely do so in the spring.
Hoping this will find you in good health, I am, with kindest regards. Sincerely, yours
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Sop temper 30, 19X9
Up. P. H. Klalne,
Dominion lamp Co. Ltd.,
Dowd Street,
Montreal, 0.ue., Canada.
Dear Mr. Klelne:
7fr. Edison received yonr letter about onr old frlond 8. B. He wants ne to say to you that the last time he heard from Mr. B. was before the Armistloe. At that time he was In glorious shape financially. Mr. Edison thinks that 3. B. should never have gone baok to Germany.
Of course, Mr. Edison understands that what you have written him Is In perfect confidence, and he will respect It. You will be glad to learn that ho Is very well and I am sure you will not be surprised to learn he le Just as busy as ever.
!71th kindest personal regards, and
all good wlBhea, I romaln,
Slnoerely yours.
Bdiphoned
Ur. W. H. Meadoworoft, Edison Laboratory, Orange, New Jersey .
Ootober 23, 1519-
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the first part of next month.
t therefore, requested our Crude Rubber Department* to send Mr. Edison, Immediately, eamples
be satisfactory.
We reeret very muoh to learn that it « same Souid have been given immediate attention.
9 oan be of any further ai Yours very truiy
Hovember 4, 19iy.
Daar Inaull:
I am going to take advantage ‘of the opening of aerial express service, as inaugurated by the American Hallway impress Company, and send you a box. of cigars with my compliments, by the first I aeroplane, which loaves on Thursday morning.
With kind rogard3. Iromain
Ycurs sinooroly,
Kovember 8,1919.
Ur. H. S. Firestone,
Akron, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Firestone: Attention Dr. — Haml.ll •
Hr. iidison recently received the following samples of Crude rubber which you kindly sent him:
XX 1 Amber Crepe XX 2 "
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Fine thin 1st Latex Crepe Gristly 1st Latex Crepe Light clean thin brown Crepe Dark clean thin brown Crepe Soiled brown Crepe Hibbed smoked sheet Up Kivor Fine Para Pontianac
Will Voo kindly advise him of the respective prices of each of these grades.
Yours very truly,
Assistant to Hr. Kdison.
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note to Mr. Thomas A, Edison telling him of the picture which we took of you and asking him if we might make a — color reoord of him a
a record for the future.
We are delighted to have you preserved perpetually, even in oelluloid, and we feel from a historical point of view that posterity has the same claim on Mr. will consider it in that ligit if t
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Edison General File Series 1919. Phonograph - General (E-19-56)
This folder contains correspondence, interoffice communications, and other documents relating to Edison's phonograph and record business. Included are numerous items pertaining to Edison's search for "old songs with "fine melodies," undertaken in the United States by personal assistant William H. Meadowcroft and his son William M. Meadowcroft and in Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred F. Wagner of Thomas A. Edison, Ltd. Also included are the inventor's comments about songs and performers, along with statements of his own musical preferences such as his dislike of "high brow stuff generally." In addition there are numerous communications between Edison and Phonograph Division manager William Maxwell pertaining to advertising, sales promotions, competition, record pricing, staff hiring and compensation, and the selection of music to be recorded. There are also documents regarding Maxwell's strategies for responding to frequent complaints about production shortages, delays, and various defects in the records, as well as his "prize money plan" —an elaborate scheme that linked employee compensation to a psychologically based system of "demerit" points. Several letters written in September and October during a visit to phonograph jobbers (wholesalers) in the West contain comments by Maxwell about the phonograph business, general economic conditions, and politics in the states west of Chicago.
Other business-related items pertain to cabinet manufacturing; phonograph accessories such as automatic stop mechanisms and attachments that allowed Victor and Columbia records to be played on Edison Diamond Disc phonographs; sales, profits, and returns; the decline in demand for cylinder phonographs; surface noise and other problems in the quality of the recordings; and the charitable donation of phonographs and recordings to institutions such as the Georgia Academy of the Blind. A communication from September 15, 1919, to financial executive Stephen B. Mambert, probably by assistant financial executive Ralph H. Allen, indicates an estimated annual profit of $2,951,000 from sales of disc and cylinder phonographs and recordings. Other Edison employees represented in the documents include chief engineer John P. Constable; purchasing agent Archibald C. Emery; record pressing engineer Adolph F.