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  1. Aberdeen, Scotland, 515
  2. Académie des Sciences, 169
  3. Acheson, Edward, 54n.4, 766, 1013
  4. Acker, Ben, 766
  5. Acoustic telegraphy, 538n.2, 635
  6. Adams, Ellen, 6–7
  7. Adams, James, 6, 333
  8. Adams, Lyell T., 553n.1
  9. Aerial navigation, 776, 778, 1025, 1028
  10. Aerophone, 127
  11. Aetna Iron Co., 996
  12. Agassiz, Jean Louis, 118n.2
  13. Agreements with: Acheson, 966, 992n.3
  14. Albermarle Fertilizer Co., 973n.1
  15. Algeria (steamship), 95n.2
  16. Allan, George, 520n.7
  17. Allgemeine Elektrizitäts Gesellschaft, 1022
  18. Aluminum processing, 638n.5, 751, 753
  19. American Association for the Advancement of Science: papers for, 4, 271, 338, 347–52, 390–91
  20. American Bell Telephone Co., 223n.5
  21. American District Telegraph Co., 830n.4
  22. American Electric Light Co., 891n.3
  23. American Gas Light Journal, 544n.2
  24. American Institute, 272, 393
  25. American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 611n.4
  26. American Journal of Chemistry, 391
  27. American Journal of Ontology, 340n.6
  28. American Journal of Science, 340n.6, 391, 676n.5
  29. American Machinist, 693, 714n.3, 732n.4
  30. American Rapid Telegraph Co., 334n.9
  31. Page 1078American Speaking Telephone Co., 45n.1, 191n.2
  32. American Union Telegraph Co., 146n.4, 263nn.1–2, 965, 985n.1
  33. Anderson, Arthur, 363
  34. Anderson, James, 463–64, 517–19
  35. Andrews, William, 400
  36. Andrus, Arthur, 878
  37. Andrus, Milo P., 672
  38. Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Co., 893n.3
  39. Anglo-American Cable Co., 97n.3
  40. Anglo American Telegraph Co., 520n.5, 886n.4
  41. Anglo-Indian Telephone Co., 989
  42. Anglo-Universal Bank, 478
  43. Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 918
  44. Anson, Thomas Francis, 362
  45. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., 122n.3
  46. Ansonia Clock Co., 121, 316n.5
  47. Arctic expedition, 132, 159, 242
  48. Argand lamp, 154n.3, 543, 862
  49. Argentina, 408, 756, 908
  50. Arizona (steamship), 512, 795
  51. Armengaud, Charles, 1015n.2
  52. Armington, James, 690
  53. Arthur, Thomas Jr., 374n.4
  54. Ashley, James, 331
  55. Astor, John Jacob, 973n.2
  56. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co., 263n.1
  57. At Last, 16n.2
  58. d’Auberjon, Edward, 657n.2, 696–98
  59. Audiphone, 25n.6
  60. Australasia, 244, 408, 453–54, 458–59, 558, 685, 755, 990n.7
  61. Australia, 32, 244, 408n.3
  62. Austria, 189–90, 437, 757
  63. Austrian Imperial Telegraph Department, 934n.2
  64. Automatic Telegraph Co., 31n.9, 45n.5, 156n.4, 263n.1, 303n.5, 878, 909n.1, 910n.3
  65. Automatic telegraphy: TAE’s, 156n.4, 262–63, 332, 517–19, 668, 728
  66. Ayres, Brown, 736
  1. Babcock & Wilcox, 617, 901
  2. Badger, Franklin, 7
  3. Baetz, William, 6, 148n.3, 161, 318n.7
  4. Bahmann Brothers, 318n.6
  5. Bailey, Joshua, 29
  6. —letters: to TAE, 261–62, 281, 433–37, 487–88, 646–48, 657–59
  7. —telegrams: from TAE, 437n.4
  8. —and telephone: in Britain, 29
  9. Baird, Spencer, 762n.6
  10. Ballou, Frank, 290n.5
  11. Baltimore, Md., 5, 968, 977–78
  12. Baltimore Gas Co., 1026, 1028
  13. Baltzer & Lichetenstein, 995n.2
  14. Bancroft, John, 118n.2
  15. Banker, James H.: agreements with, 188–91, 213–16, 462
  16. —telegrams: from TAE, 257
  17. Banque d’Escompte de Paris, 647
  18. Banque Franco-Egyptienne, 658, 696–98, 839nn.3
  19. Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie, 659
  20. Barker, George, 33, 259n.1
  21. Barmore, William, 973n.2
  22. Barmore’s, 972
  23. Barranquilla, Columbia, 293
  24. Barrett, William, 226n.8
  25. Barron, John, 874n.5
  26. Barton, Enos, 359n.6, 504, 506–7, 558n.1, 560n.1, 647
  27. Batchelor, Charles, 7, 15n.2, 245, 249, 644, 792, 795
  28. —and electric lighting, 764, 973
  29. —letters: to Adams, 6–7, 155–56
  30. —and telephone, 291n.10
  31. Batchelor, Rosa, 7
  32. Bates, David, 985n.1
  33. Batteries, 18–19, 35n.6, 887–88
  34. Beardslee, George, 47
  35. Becker, Christian, 39, 249
  36. Becquerel, Alexandre Edmond, 918
  37. Bedlow, Henry, 988
  38. Beetle, George, 282n.3, 359n.6
  39. Belgium, 189–90, 437, 757–58, 989
  40. Bell, Alexander Graham, 243n.6, 440n.3, 516n.11
  41. Benjamin, Judah, 453, 533, 535
  42. Bennett, James Gordon, 132n.1, 765, 817n.3, 1025, 1028
  43. Benson, Byron, 690
  44. Bentley, Henry, 193n.2, 238n.2
  45. Berggren, Ernest, 896
  46. Bergmann, S., & Co.: and Columbia, 600n.7
  47. Bergmann, Sigmund, 73, 331, 388n.2, 507, 515n.4, 859, 1029–31. See also: Bergmann, S., & Co.
  48. Berliner, Emile, 223n.5
  49. Bernhardt, Sarah, 917n.3, 950n.1, 1022, 1028
  50. Berryman Manufacturing Co., 911
  51. Berthon, Alfred, 357–58, 436, 477, 479, 572, 646
  52. Biedermann, Ernst, 553, 842, 960n.1, 995
  53. Birmingham, England, 506
  54. Blake, Francis, 223, 337n.2, 463
  55. Blakey & Emmott, 684n.3
  56. Bliss, George, 7, 120n.1
  57. —letters: from TAE, 14, 127
  58. Bogota, Columbia, 979
  59. Böhm, Ludwig, 317–18, 1020, 1028–29
  60. Bolivia, 422, 939n.1
  61. Bon Marché, 647
  62. Bordeaux, France, 435, 647
  63. Boston Edison Electric Illuminating Co., 824n.7
  64. Boston Herald, 532n.2
  65. Bourbon Ballads, 253n.5
  66. Bournemouth, England, 169
  67. Bouverie, Edward Pleydell, 265, 684
  68. Bowdoin College, 32n.3, 243n.6
  69. Boyle, Robert K., 464
  70. Brackett, Cyrus, 546, 661n.1, 672, 676
  71. Bradley, James, 400, 736, 771, 773, 825
  72. Brancy, Alphonse, 357–58, 477
  73. Branner, John, 876, 908
  74. Brazil, 756, 767, 837, 908
  75. Breath, William, 547, 672, 695
  76. Breguet, Antoine, 974–75
  77. Brehmer, August, 491n.1
  78. Brehmer, Hugo, 491n.1
  79. Brehmer Brothers, 156n.3, 490
  80. letter from TAE, 490–91
  81. Brewer, Edward, 389n.2
  82. Brewer & Jensen, 305n.15, 389, 420n.2, 430n.5, 530
  83. Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard, 1004–5
  84. Brighton, England, 332
  85. Britain: automatic telegraphy in, 96
  86. —telephone in, 55, 150, 160, 218, 227, 237, 264–65, 271–72, 297–303, 360–64, 388, 401n.1, 408, 427n.2, 454, 505–7, 512–15, 547, 639–42, 695
  87. British Association for the Advancement of Science, 879n.1
  88. British India & Colonial Telephone Co., 755
  89. British Post Office, 465
  90. Brooklyn & Atlantic Beach Elevated Railroad, 741n.1
  91. Brooks, David, 240
  92. Brown, James, 332, 517, 519, 682
  93. Brown, Robert G., 299, 462
  94. Brown, W. H., 794n.6
  95. Brown Brothers & Co., 342n.3
  96. Browne, Causten, 927
  97. Browning, John, 7
  98. Brush, Charles, 893n.3
  99. Brush Electric Light Co., 813n.4, 963n.2
  100. Buckeye Engine Co., 911, 913nn.1&3, 914nn.4–5
  101. Buckingham, Charles, 212n.14
  102. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 979
  103. Buford, Thomas, 247
  104. Bullard, Edward, 511
  105. Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm, 656n.6
  106. Butcher, William, 225
  107. Butler, Benjamin, 84
  108. letter from TAE, 84–85
  109. Butler, Howard, 927
  110. Butler, Vesey, 838n.3
  1. Cable codes, 227n.2, 388n.1, 394n.1, 527n.1, 566n.3, 643n.10, 925, 997
  2. Cable telegraphy, 97n.3, 178n.4, 221n.6, 332, 464, 517–19, 884–85
  3. California, 315
  4. Calpella, Calif., 291n.7
  5. Campbell, Allan, 916
  6. Campbell, Charles, 766
  7. Campbell, Henry Alexander, 999
  8. Canada, 7, 10n.21, 98, 408n.3
  9. Cape Colony, 408, 453, 756
  10. Caracas, Venezuela, 979
  11. Carborundum, 766
  12. Carman, George, 193, 400, 402, 492n.5, 695, 734n.1
  13. Carman, Theodore, 400
  14. Carman, William, 7, 644, 1013
  15. —letters: to TAE, 1017
  16. Carson, Nev., 268n.2
  17. Carter & Eaton, 928n.5
  18. Cary, Clarence, 223
  19. Cases (patent): No. 141, 103n.6, 224n.6, 337
  20. Caveats: electric lighting, 4, 60n.2, 61–67, 209, 270, 324–28, 368n.4, 368n.4, 399, 410n.1, 411n.3, 413nn.1&2, 529n.6, 593nn.3–4, 649–55, 827n.1, 844n.8, 877, 949–50, 952–56, 1013n.5
  21. Celluloid Manufacturing Co., 1014n.1
  22. Central News (London), 362
  23. Central Railroad of New Jersey, 765, 817n.1
  24. Central University (Richmond, Va.), 1008n.7
  25. Chadwick, David, 305n.15
  26. Chandler, Charles, 248, 338
  27. Chatard, Alfred, 357–58, 436, 477–78
  28. Chateau, Edward du, 437n.4
  29. Cheever, Charles, 238n.2, 363
  30. Chemical News, 921
  31. Chemistry experiments: artificial gold, 121–22
  32. Chenery, Thomas, 682
  33. Cherbuliez, A. M., 553n.2, 799–800, 843n.5
  34. Cherokee, Calif., 268, 289n.1, 291n.7, 1023
  35. Cherokee Valley Mining Co., 1023
  36. Chester, Pa., 598n.1, 600n.7
  37. Chicago, Ill., 160
  38. Chicago Daily News, 510n.1
  39. Chicago Tribune, 714nn.1–2
  40. Chile, 408n.2, 422–25, 564–65, 756, 938, 1030–31
  41. China, 341nn.1–2, 408, 453, 756, 889n.1, 894n.6, 990n.7
  42. Chinnock, Charles, 337n.2
  43. Church, William, 911
  44. Cibber, Colley, 516n.4
  45. City Press (London), 362
  46. City of Rome (steamship), 899n.2
  47. Clark, W. J., 566n.2, 792
  48. Clarke, Charles L., 345n.1, 547, 687
  49. —and electric lighting: distribution system, 579n.6, 672n.3, 675n.4, 693, 714n.3, 739n.7, 749, 970–71
  50. —letters: to Breguet, 974–75
  51. Claudius, Hermann, 877, 879, 934
  52. Cleland, T., 386
  53. Clerac, Hippolyte, 415–16
  54. Clingman, Thomas, 372
  55. Coats, J. & P., 447–48
  56. Page 1081Collins, Jerome, 132n.1, 133 nn.2-3
  57. Colt Armory, 420n.5
  58. Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., 155
  59. Columbia (steamship), 546, 596–98, 675n.2, 694, 792, 892–93, 950n.1
  60. Columbia College School of Mines, 248–49
  61. Commercial Telephone Co. of Albany, 806n.5
  62. Compagnie Genevoise l’Industrie du Gaz, 843n.5
  63. Compania Chilena Telefonos de Edison, 564–65
  64. Comstock Lode, 271, 323n.3, 328n.1, 763nn.1&3, 786n.2, 985n.3
  65. Conger, Omar, 85n.3
  66. Conkling, Roscoe, 85n.3, 762n.5
  67. Connery, Thomas, 817n.3
  68. Consolidated Virginia Co., 763n.1, 786n.1, 985n.3
  69. Continental Telephone Co., 939n.1
  70. Cook, Joel, 541–542
  71. Cooke, Conrad, 225 230nn.2&3, 298
  72. Cooper Union, 87n.3
  73. Corliss, George, 544n.4
  74. Corliss Steam Engine Co., 135n.4, 154n.4
  75. Cornell University, 720, 908nn.1–2, 1008n.7
  76. Corning Glass Works, 821
  77. Cornish Store, 823
  78. Cornwall, Henry B., 248
  79. Correspondence Scientifique, 30n.5
  80. Coudert Brothers, 658
  81. Craig, Daniel, 331
  82. Crawford, James, 268n.2
  83. Crawford, John, 388n.2, 455n.8
  84. Crédit Foncier de France, 647
  85. Crédit Industriel et Commercial, 697
  86. Crédit Mobilier. Société Générale du Crédit Mobilier
  87. Credit reports, 891
  88. Croffut, William A., 44 302, 510n.1
  89. Crookes, William, 147n.2, 210n.4, 371n.1, 405n.4, 624, 629n.2, 638n.3, 878
  90. Crosby, George, 400, 703
  91. Crossley, Louis John, 681
  92. Crowell, Eugene, 940n.1
  93. Crystal Palace Exposition, 824n.7
  94. Cuba, 685, 757, 838n.3, 840, 905
  95. Cunningham, David, 161, 772
  96. Curtis, George M., 247
  97. Curtis & Fox, 247n.1
  98. Cutting, Robert L., 157n.6, 184 192n.9, 257n.1, 462–63, 482, 735n.7, 960n.2, 988, 1022
  99. Cuttriss, Charles, 885
  1. Daily News (London), 252, 302, 362
  2. Dana, James Dwight, 196n.2
  3. Davies, Henry, 121
  4. Davis Hotel, 823, 960n.1
  5. Davy, Humphry, 869
  6. Dean, Charles: and carbon-filament lamps, 672, 677, 687, 716n.1, 798n.4
  7. Dean, George, 674n.8
  8. Decreux, Claude, 356n.3
  9. De La Rue, Warren, 887
  10. Delmonico’s, 960n.1
  11. DeLong, George, 132n.1
  12. Deltour, John, 889n.1
  13. Denmark, 188–90, 756
  14. Crown
  15. Prince, 224
  16. Deutsche Edison Gesellschaft, 824n.7, 1022
  17. Deville, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire, 50n.3
  18. Dickerson, Edward, 48n.2, 129n.1
  19. Direct United States Cable Co., 517, 552n.3, 663n.2
  20. Dolbear, Amos, 8n.10, 826
  21. Domestic Sewing Machine Co, 368n.4
  22. Draper, Henry, 248, 339n.1, 392, 920–21, 943
  23. Draper, John William, 69 350
  24. Drexel, Anthony, 32
  25. Drexel, Harjes & Co., 488
  26. Drexel, Morgan & Co., 14
  27. Dublin, Ireland, 515
  28. Du Moncel, Theodose, 22n.7, 219, 362, 420n.4, 452n.4, 498n.3
  29. Du Motay, Cyprien Tessié, 350 373n.2
  30. Dun, R. G. & Co., 891
  31. credit reports, 891, 982–83
  32. Dyer, George, 439n.1, 919
  33. Dyer, Philip, 771 1009n.3
  34. Dyer, Richard, 919n.6
  35. Dyer & Wilber, 439n.1, 666n.1, 919
  36. Dynamometers, 33, 158, 208, 252n.1, 270, 276, 270–80, 661, 676, 714n.3, 749, 809
  1. Eastern Telegraph Co., 466nn.10–11, 520n.7
  2. Eaton, Asahel, 37
  3. Eaton, Sherburne, 873n.1, 877, 880n.2, 926–27, 940, 959n.1, 960n.1, 983
  4. Eckert, Thomas, 146
  5. Ecuador, 422, 756, 939n.1
  6. Edison, Charles, 7 15n.2, 333
  7. —letters: from Batchelor, 218–19
  8. —telegrams: from TAE, 226n.5, 230
  9. —and telephone: in Britain, 73, 95, 181
  10. Edison, Marion (“Dot”), 24 475
  11. Edison, Mary, 6, 144, 242, 303, 332, 338, 392, 457, 475, 694–95, 739n.4, 965
  12. Edison, Samuel, 88
  13. Edison, Thomas A., Inc., 896n.2
  14. Edison, Thomas Alva: autobiographical notes, 1019–34
  15. Edison, Thomas Alva, Jr. (“Dash”), 6, 24 58
  16. Edison, William Pitt, 460
  17. —letters: from TAE, 802
  18. to TAE, 88, 266–67
  19. Edison Co. for Isolated Lighting, 894n.6, 994n.3, 1016n.3
  20. Edison Effect, 545–46, 623–24, 627. See also: Electric lighting incandescent lamps: carbon-filament: electrical carrying
  21. Edison Electric Construction Co., 551–52
  22. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New York, 877, 940n.1, 947n.4, 959
  23. Edison Electric Lamp Co.: agreement with Edison Electric Light Co., 961–62, 967
  24. Edison Electric Light Co., 171, 511n.1, 670n.9, 806n.5
  25. Edison Electric Light Co. of Europe, Ltd., 215, 257n.1, 940n.1, 995
  26. Edison Electric Light Co. of Philadelphia, 691n.5
  27. Edison Electric Light Company, Ltd., 1022
  28. Edison General Electric Co., 896n.2
  29. Edison Lamp Works, 545, 568, 692–93, 736, 962n.1, 966–67, 1028
  30. Edison Machine Works, 894n.6, 969
  31. Edison Ore Milling Co., 482–83, 483n.1, 485n.3
  32. Edison Phonograph Co., 896n.1
  33. Edison Polyform Co., 795n.4
  34. Edison’s Electric Pen and Duplicating Co., 8n.7
  35. Edison’s Electric Railway Construction Co. of the United States, 834
  36. Edison’s Foreign Electric Light and Power Co., 833n.1
  37. Edison’s Foreign Electric Railway Construction Co., 833n.1
  38. Edison’s Foreign Telephone Supply and Maintenance Co., 833n.1
  39. Edison Speaking Phonograph Co.: agreement with, 17, 127n.3
  40. Edison Telephone Co. of Australasia, 453
  41. Edison Telephone Co. of China, 453
  42. Edison Telephone Co. of Egypt, 453
  43. Edison Telephone Co. of Europe, Ltd., 190, 244, 434, 478, 646, 660n.20, 757, 968, 989–90
  44. Edison Telephone Co. of Glasgow, 308n.3, 408n.1, 505, 514–15, 640, 642, 781, 968, 989, 996–97
  45. Edison Telephone Co. of India, 453
  46. Edison Telephone Co. of London, 7, 225, 331, 388n.1, 427, 970
  47. agreements with, 227n.3, 242, 264–65, 453, 639, 656, 680n.3, 684, 690n.3, 702n.2, 710–12
  48. —telegrams: from TAE, 394
  49. Page 1083Edison Telephone Co. of Norway, 453
  50. Edison Telephone Co. of South
  51. America, 453
  52. Edison Telephone Co. of Sweden, 453
  53. Edison Telephone Co. of Switzerland, 453
  54. Edmunds, Henry, 317n.6
  55. Edson, Tracy, 44
  56. and electric lighting, 32n.2, 44, 276–77, 377n.4, 380–81, 457n.3, 960n.1, 960n.2
  57. Egypt, 408, 453, 756, 990n.7
  58. Eldred, Horace H., 422 565, 791–92, 806n.5, 939n.1
  59. Electric-arc furnace, 53
  60. Electrician, 74, 96n.4, 304nn.13–14
  61. L’Électricité, 56
  62. Electric lighting: articles about, 5, 15n.3, 21n.1, 22nn.3–4, 23n.12, 25n.2, 33, 57n.5, 125n.5, 129n.1, 136n.10, 141, 150–54, 154n.7, 155, 183n.2, 246n.5, 252, 273, 276, 282–83, 302, 317n.7, 331, 340n.6, 400, 405n.5, 407 410n.1, 429, 449–51, 471n.11, 493n.2, 510, 510n.1, 530–32, 539–42, 542n.2, 544n.1, 550n.2, 569n.3, 598n.3, 603–11, 621n.3, 622n.5, 676n.5, 682, 688n.5, 705–9, 713–14, 715n.4, 727, 737n.1, 762n.7, 794n.10, 817n.3, 823n.4, 832, 868–73, 873n.3, 893n.2, 906n.2, 912n.4, 914, 917n.3, 919n.1, 920, 922n.2, 923n.5, 924n.6, 944, 950n.1, 960n.1, 963n.2, 972, 978n.1, 983, 991n.1, 1004–5, 1027
  63. —arc, 3, 5, 153, 604
  64. distribution system: canvasses, 863n.1, 872–73, 877, 880
  65. —isolated plants, 964, 1016
  66. —patent rights: British, 15n.1, 246, 685
  67. —patents: British, 25n.2, 114n.1, 159, 194n.1, 197–209, 368n.4, 529n.6, 530
  68. Electric lighting generators, 348
  69. —TAE’s bipolar, 151, 209, 251, 604, 636
  70. —TAE’s direct-connected, 547, 672
  71. —TAE’s early designs, 3, 10–13, 76–79, 89–90, 115–16, 193n.2
  72. Electric lighting incandescent lamps, 171
  73. —carbon filament, 62, 64, 67, 200, 868
  74. —wire filament: efficiency of, 270, 277, 402, 560, 562
  75. Electric motors, 368 501, 585, 590, 1005
  76. Electric pen, 5, 196n.1, 251n.2
  77. Electric railway, 695, 738 741, 794, 806n.5
  78. Electric Railway Co. of the United States, 834n.2
  79. Electric Tube Co. articles of incorporation, 993–94
  80. Electro-Dynamic Light Co., 551n.6
  81. Electromotograph: as battery, 219n.5, 221
  82. Elliott Bros., 302 345n.1, 346n.9
  83. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 19, 23n.8
  84. Engineer, 25n.2, 75n.4, 96n.4, 302, 924n.6
  85. Engineering: and electric lighting, 273, 282–83, 924n.6
  86. letter from TAE, 282–83
  87. and telephone, 75n.7, 225
  88. Engineering and Mining Journal, 550n.2, 691n.4
  89. Englehardt, Mr., 318
  90. English Mechanic, 304n.13, 418, 721, 924n.6
  91. Enholm, O. A., 388n.2
  92. Equitable Building, 922n.2, 944n.3, 972
  93. Erie Railroad, 727n.3
  94. Erlanger, Emile, 433, 478–79, 697
  95. Erlanger, Emile, & Co., 433
  96. Evans, Thomas, 357–58, 436, 477, 572
  97. Everett Mills, 243n.1
  98. Exposition International d’Électricité (Paris), 774n.5, 974–75, 1013n.2, 1015
  1. Fabbri, Egisto, 50 539
  2. Fabbri & Chauncey, 685–86 793n.4, 905n.4
  3. Facsimile telegraphy, 251, 1015
  4. Fairfield, Francis, 603–11
  5. Fallon, John, 242
  6. Faraday, Michael, 83n.1, 164n.1, 212n.14, 335n.18
  7. Farley, Charles, 287 489
  8. Farley, Louisa, 187
  9. Farley, Maria, 489
  10. Farmer, Moses, 36n.8, 941
  11. Field, Stephen, 815n.1
  12. Fire alarm telegraphy, 829n.1
  13. Firman, Leroy, 24
  14. Fisher, B. Franklin, 909
  15. Fitch, Frederick, 188–89, 463, 511n.1
  16. Flammer, Charles, 193 308n.4, 736, 779
  17. Fleming, John, 518
  18. Fleming, John Ambrose, 643n.8
  19. Fleury, A. L., 169
  20. Florida: carbonfilament search in, 767, 840
  21. Food preservation, 766, 806n.5, 845
  22. Foote, A. E., 196n.2
  23. Foote, Lucius H., 422 424, 567n.5
  24. Foote, Theodore, 334n.9
  25. Force, Martin, 15n.2, 69 87
  26. Ford, Isaac, 252
  27. Foreign General Telephone Supply & Maintenance Co., 754, 757
  28. Foster & Thomson, 518–19
  29. Fowler, Robert, 362
  30. Fox, Edwin, 44 703n.3. 923n.4
  31. France: Ministry of Telegraphs, 281
  32. Francklyn, Reginald, 443n.2
  33. Page 1086Franklin Institute, 161, 258
  34. Fuller Electrical Co., 609
  1. Gallaway, Robert, 145 959n.1
  2. Gases. Occluded gases
  3. Gaslighting, 6, 22n.4, 23nn.8&12, 134, 145, 543, 859–63, 866, 959, 963n.2, 977. See also: Electric lighting: compared to gaslighting
  4. Gassiot, John, 888n.5
  5. Geissler, Heinrich, 273, 317, 887
  6. General Electric Co., 625, 806n.5, 896n.2
  7. Georgia, 767, 840n.4
  8. Germany: Patent Office, 497
  9. Gibbs, Wolcott, 391
  10. Gibson, J. H., 388n.2, 555
  11. Gifford & Beach, 408n.3
  12. Gilbert, William, 144n.4
  13. Gill, Owen, 977
  14. Gillett Martin & Co., 978n.1
  15. Gilliland, Robert, 560 739n.7
  16. Gilman, Daniel Coit, 803n.3
  17. Gimingham, Charles, 210n.4, 371n.1
  18. de Girardin, Émile, 658
  19. Gladstone, William, 361
  20. Glasgow, Scotland, 308n.3, 408, 505, 514–15, 640, 642, 781, 1008
  21. Glasgow Philosophical Society, 1008n.2
  22. Glasgow University, 246n.5
  23. Glass, Louis, 269n.4
  24. Glassblowing, 161, 273, 317–18, 547, 693, 703nn.2&5, 766, 769, 772n.24, 779, 875, 889, 922n.2, 933n.2, 1020. See also: Böhm, Ludwig; See also: Vacuum pumps
  25. Globe (London), 362
  26. Globe Telegraph and Trust Co., 517
  27. Goddard, Calvin: and Edison Electric Light Co. directors, 927
  28. —letters: from TAE, 145, 543
  29. Godillot, Georges Alexis, 357–58, 436, 477–78
  30. Gold: chemical separation process, 290n.5, 293, 482–83, 718
  31. Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., 251n.2, 303n.5, 566n.1, 928n.7
  32. Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. of California, 9n.20, 291n.10
  33. Goodwin, William W., & Co., 859
  34. Göttingen University, 1008n.7
  35. Gould, Jay, 146n.4, 262, 331, 917n.3, 985n.2, 1027
  36. Gouraud, George, 30 169, 332, 519, 1005n.1
  37. —letters: from TAE, 95, 119, 444n.8, 537–38
  38. —telegrams: from TAE, 30n.5, 95n.2, 238n.2, 246n.1, 266n.3, 273, 308n.3, 341n.2, 383n.3, 408, 454n.1, 465n.5, 510, 662, 747nn.2–3, 756–58, 925, 989–90
  39. —and telephone: British rights, 228–29
  40. Gower, Frederick Allen, 168 463, 476, 570–71
  41. Gower Telephone Co. (France), 358, 433–35, 478, 513, 658, 697
  42. Grace, William, 963n.2
  43. Graham, David, 1009n.3
  44. Gramme, Zénobe, 1015n.1
  45. Grand Magasins du Louvre, 647
  46. Graves, Edward, 514
  47. Gray, Elisha, 8nn.5&10, 188–89, 335n.18, 440n.3, 516n.11, 537, 659n.2, 990n.2
  48. Greece, 990n.7
  49. Green, James, 184 401n.1
  50. letter to TAE, 184
  51. Green, Norvin, 185n.3, 474n.1, 556n.4
  52. Greene, David, 934n.1
  53. Gregory, William, 556n.3
  54. Griest, John, 14 162n.2
  55. Griffin, Michael, 695
  56. Griffin, Stockton, 14 245, 261, 265, 528, 566n.1
  57. Griffiths, E. W., 52
  58. Grove, W. R., 888n.5
  1. Hachette et Cie, 647
  2. Haid, Alfred, 249n.1, 1013
  3. Haiti, 767
  4. Hall, Henry, 713
  5. Halske, Johann, 497n.1
  6. Hamilton, George, 667
  7. Hammer, William, 400, 823 1013
  8. Hampson, Edward, 1002nn.3&4
  9. Hankins, Matthew, 118n.3
  10. Harjes, John, 488 646–47
  11. letter from Harrisse, 570–72
  12. —telegrams: from TAE, 696
  13. Harper’s Weekly, 493n.2, 761
  14. Harrington, George, 263n.2, 472, 909n.1
  15. Harrisse, Henry, 570–72 657, 698n.1, 838
  16. Harvard University, 391, 923n.4
  17. Hatch, Rufus, 988
  18. Havana, Cuba, 905
  19. Hawaiian Islands, 990n.7
  20. Hefner-Alteneck, Friedrich von, 497, 1027
  21. Hegewisch, Adolph, 479
  22. Helmholtz, Hermann, 32n.3, 934n.2
  23. Henderson, J. C., 597 792, 893, 960n.1
  24. Hendricks, W. C., & Co., 290n.5
  25. Henry, Joseph, 927n.2
  26. Herrick, Albert, 273, 822 876, 896n.1, 935, 966, 980n.1
  27. Herz, Cornelius, 180 257n.2, 261, 281, 359n.6, 438n.1, 439n.2, 461
  28. Hickman, David, 766, 796
  29. Hidden, William, 374n.4
  30. Hill, George, 771n.18
  31. Hinds, Ketcham & Co., 967, 986
  32. Hipple, James, 547, 703
  33. H.M.S. Pinafore, 144
  34. Hogan, H. T., 268n.1
  35. Holborn Viaduct (London), 824n.7, 979–80
  36. Holden, Edward, 760–61
  37. Holland, 119n.1, 756
  38. Holly Manufacturing Co., 617
  39. Holmes, Edwin, 727
  40. Holzer, William, 547, 703n.5, 770, 890n.1, 1001n.11
  41. Hong Kong, 341n.2
  42. Hopkins, George M.: letter to TAE, 832
  43. Hopkinson, John, 273, 282 345n.1, 1008n.2
  44. Hornig, Julius, 547
  45. —and electric lighting: carbonfilament lamp, 739n.5
  46. Hot Springs Reservation (Ark.), 51–52, 143
  47. Houston, Edwin, 35nn.6–7, 131n.6, 259n.1, 387n.3
  48. Howe Sewing Machine Co, 368n.4
  49. Howell, Wilson, 400, 841, 857n.2
  50. Hubbard, Gardiner, 85n.3, 238n.2, 516n.11, 755, 845, 984
  51. Hughes, Charles T., 804–5 1013
  52. Hughes, David, 31n.8, 362 416, 683
  53. Hull, England, 515
  54. Hungary, 758, 989
  55. Hurry, Randolph, 216
  56. Husbands, José, 422
  57. Hyatt, Isaiah, 1013n.1
  58. Hyatt, John, 1013n.1
  59. Hyde, Henry, 960n.4
  1. Illustrated London News, 150n.2
  2. Il Nuovo Cimento, 1015
  3. India, 32, 244, 453, 755–56, 927n.4, 989
  4. Indianapolis Journal, 252
  5. Indiana University, 908n.1
  6. Indian Government Telegraphs, 520n.7
  7. India-rubber, Gutta-percha, and Telegraph Works, 332
  8. Industrial News, 721n.4
  9. Innsbruck, Austria, 169
  10. Insull, Samuel, 759 1028
  11. Inventors’ Institute (New York), 721n.4
  12. Italy, 188–90, 437, 757
  1. Jablochkoff, Paul, 21n.1
  2. Jackson, George, 236
  3. Jaffray, Mr., 558
  4. Jamaica, 767
  5. James, Daniel, 122n.3
  6. Japan, 272, 341, 756, 767, 873n.2, 892, 905, 990n.7
  7. Java, 990n.7
  8. Jefferson Medical College, 259n.2
  9. Jehl, Francis, 6, 86–87, 1013
  10. —and electric lighting: carbonfilament lamps, 469–72
  11. Jensen, Peter, 389n.2, 853n.2
  12. Jenty, Charles, 658–59, 698
  13. Johns Hopkins University, 662n.2, 1026
  14. Johnson, Edna, 332
  15. Johnson, Edward H., 44 252, 519
  16. —and electric lighting, 302, 727, 990
  17. —letters: from Batchelor, 295–96, 307–8, 354–55, 472, 486, 527–28
  18. —telegrams: from TAE, 238n.2, 431n.8, 473n.3, 526, 656n.1, 748n.5
  19. —and telephone, 223n.5
  20. Johnson, James, 533
  21. Johnson, John H., 420n.2, 427, 439, 533
  22. Johnson Matthey & Co, 38 47, 49, 159, 321n.2, 443n.2, 484n.3
  23. Jordan, Sarah, 243n.5, 475n.2, 822
  24. Journal of Gas Lighting, Water Supply, & Sanitary Improvement, 246n.5, 544n.2
  25. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 259n.3
  26. Journal of the Telegraph, 331, 333
  1. Keith, Nathaniel, 609
  2. Kellogg, Milo G., 558 560nn.1&3
  3. Kelly, John, 905n.2
  4. Kendall, Edward, 793n.4
  5. Kendall & Co, 565
  6. Kenny, Patrick, 251 668, 806n.5
  7. Kent, Rockwell, 458n.4
  8. Kingsbury & Co., 363
  9. Kirk, William, 217
  10. Kirk, William, & Co., 217
  11. Klein, P. R., 291n.7
  12. Knight, John, 15n.2, 16n.1
  13. Kolrausch, Friedrich, 282
  14. Korea, 341n.2
  15. Kruesi, John, 123 644, 1002n.1
  16. —and electric lighting, 823
  1. Laboratory (Menlo Park), 2, 878
  2. —visitors: Armington, 690
  3. Ayres, 739n.6
  4. Ladd, George, 9n.20
  5. Lamp factory. Edison Lamp Works
  6. Lancanshire, England, 408, 505, 507, 514
  7. Lane-Fox, St. George, 302
  8. Lane-Fox Electrical Co., Ltd., 305n.15
  9. Langmuir, Irving, 210n.5
  10. Latimer Clark, Muirhead, & Co., 466n.14
  11. Lawrence, Mass., 242
  12. Lawson, John, 5–6, 249n.1, 290n.5, 554
  13. Lawsuits: Harrington v. A&P, 45n.3, 263n.2, 910n.2
  14. Lefferts, Marshall, 6
  15. Le Gendre, William, 341
  16. Lemp, Hermann, 934n.2
  17. Leslie, A. M., & Co., 1016
  18. letter from TAE, 1016
  19. Lewis, Charles, 482 795n.4
  20. Lewis, Henry M., 659
  21. Leyden jar, 629
  22. Light, speed of, 561
  23. Lighthipe, James, 388n.2, 473n.3, 486 504, 507
  24. Lille, France, 435, 647
  25. Lima, Peru, 979
  26. Lingke, August, & Co., 249
  27. Liverpool, England, 30, 264, 272, 297, 396n.4, 556n.4
  28. Livingston, Francis, 672
  29. Lockhart, F. G., 293
  30. Logan, Thomas, 911n.3, 969, 1001
  31. London: electric lighting in, 824n.7, 979
  32. London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co., 55
  33. Louderback, De Lancy, 238n.2, 558
  34. Lowell, Mass., 242
  35. Lowrey, Grosvenor, 6, 31
  36. —and electric lighting, 471n.15
  37. —letters: to TAE, 31–32, 50–52, 86–87, 143–44, 455–57, 685–86, 814, 926–27, 959, 961–62, 965
  38. —telegrams: from TAE, 246
  39. Lubbock, John, 225
  40. Lugo, Orazio, 926
  41. La Lumière Electrique, 450
  42. Lyon,France, 435, 647
  1. MacDonald, John Cameron, 361, 682–83
  2. MacKellar, Pedro A., 567n.5, 940n.2
  3. MacKenzie, James, 829
  4. MacNeil, M., 567n.5, 940n.2
  5. Malleable Nickel Alloy Co., 762n.5
  6. Malta, 990n.7
  7. Man, Albon, 503n.2, 551n.6
  8. Manchester, England, 264, 272, 297, 332, 396n.6, 556n.4
  9. Manhattan Elevated Railway Co., 741n.3
  10. Manhattan Gas Light Co., 860
  11. Marks, William, 690
  12. letter to TAE, 690
  13. Marrand, Mr., 477
  14. Marseille, France, 435, 647
  15. Marsh, Othniel, 338 762n.6
  16. Martin, Santiago, 567n.5, 940n.2
  17. Matthey, George, 50n.3
  18. Matthiessen, Augustus, 706 1006
  19. Page 1090Maxim, Hiram, 877–78, 891n.3, 915n.1, 918 941–43, 972
  20. Maxwell, James Clerk, 282 945n.3
  21. Mayer, Alfred M., 705–9
  22. McCormick, Stephen, 916, 960n.1
  23. McIlwraith, Thomas, 558
  24. McIntire, Henry, 15n.2, 249n.1
  25. McLaughlin, Frank, 250 299
  26. —letters: from TAE, 482–83, 733–34
  27. Mead, William, 832
  28. Medill, Joseph, 713–14
  29. Megaphone, 127
  30. Menier, Mr., 478
  31. Menlo Park: boarding houses, 243n.5, 475n.2, 561, 822–23
  32. Menlo Park Manufacturing Co., 795n.4
  33. Merck & Co., 71
  34. Merrick, William H., 835
  35. Merritt, Paul, 16n.2
  36. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co., 143, 814
  37. Michels, John, 721. See also: Science
  38. —letters: from W. Carman, 987
  39. Michelson, Albert, 377n.4, 561
  40. Microphone, 31n.8, 331, 362, 418–19, 439, 533, 535, 555, 682–83
  41. Microscope, 36–38, 41, 46, 49, 59, 71, 143, 349–51, 636, 751, 896n.1
  42. Midland Railway, 30
  43. Miller, Nathan G., 960nn.2&1
  44. Mills, William, 822
  45. Mining: centrifugal dryer, 703n.4
  46. Miocene Mining Co., 735n.7
  47. Moffett, Benjamin, 766
  48. Le Monde Illustré, 659
  49. Moore, Michael, 505 515, 758n.1, 794–95
  50. Moore, Miller F., 1016n.3
  51. Moore, William, 893
  52. Mora’s Photographic Gallery, 335n.17
  53. Morgan, J. S., & Co., 539 n. 1
  54. Morgan, John Pierpont, 51
  55. Morgan, Walter, 564 792
  56. Morning Advertiser (London), 362
  57. Morning Post (London), 362
  58. Morris, John J., 946 960n.1
  59. Morse, Samuel F. B., 335n.18
  60. Morton, Henry, 43 544n.1
  61. —letters: from TAE, 914
  62. Moses, Otto, 548, 973n.1
  63. —and electric lighting, 594–95, 644–45
  64. Motors. Electric motors
  65. Mott, Charles P.: and gas lighting tests, 863n.1
  66. Mott, Samuel D., 842 888n.4
  67. Muirhead, Alexander, 464 727
  68. Muirhead, John, 466n.14
  69. Multiple telegraphy, 418
  70. Mumsell, C. E., 6, 178n.3, 249n.1
  71. Munkitrick, Mr., 363
  72. Murray, Joseph, 217, 511, 556, 740n.8
  73. Murray, O., 438n.1
  74. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 919n.4
  1. National Academy of Sciences, 906, 915n.1, 920
  2. National Bell Telephone Co., 169n.2, 419, 476, 513, 537, 927, 939n.1
  3. Nature, 246n.5, 695, 721n.1, 760
  4. Navarro, José de, 685–86, 814, 988
  5. Neuralgia, 794
  6. Nevada, 271
  7. Newark, N.J., 667, 1000
  8. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Literary and Philosophical Society, 924n.6
  9. Newcomb, Simon, 561
  10. New England Association of Gas Engineers, 6n.4
  11. New England Iron Co., 143
  12. New Haven, Conn., 43
  13. Newington, George, 756n.2, 833n.1
  14. New receiver. Telephone: electromotograph receivers
  15. New York Belting and Packing Co., 999
  16. New York City: Board of Aldermen, 878, 917n.3, 946–47, 959, 960, 962
  17. New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, 611
  18. New York Daily Graphic, 45n.3
  19. New York Elevated Railroad Co., 815n.2
  20. New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 249n.1, 317
  21. New York Gaslight Co., 145n.1
  22. New York Herald, 45n.3, 188n.2, 219, 247n.1, 339n.1, 761
  23. New York Post, 919n.1, 920–21
  24. New York Sun, 35n.7, 196n.1
  25. New York Times, 721n.4
  26. New York Tribune, 252
  27. New York University, 927n.2
  28. New York World: and electric lighting, 136n.10, 154n.7, 183n.2
  29. New Zealand, 32, 454, 458–59, 685, 755–56, 990n.7
  30. Nichols, Edward Leamington, 967, 1006–7
  31. North American Review, 868–73
  32. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 734
  33. Northern Pacific Railroad, 1021
  34. Norway, 216, 408, 453, 458–59, 756
  35. Nottage, George, 155, 266n.4, 430n.5
  36. Novelty Rubber Co., 277
  37. Noyes, W. C., 223
  1. Occluded gases, 59–62, 68–69, 112, 197–98, 349–51, 399, 636–37, 653, 690, 1000nn.2–3
  2. Ohio, 978n.1
  3. Ohm’s law, 451, 451n.3, 948
  4. Oregon, 196n.2, 483, 484n.3
  5. Oregon Railway and Navigation Co., 597, 675, 894n.4
  6. Oriental Telephone Co., 997
  7. Oroville, Calif., 289, 482
  8. Orton, William, 97n.7, 335n.18, 466n.13, 670n.9, 1031–32
  9. Ott, John, 429 672
  10. —and electric lighting: generators, 730n.2
  11. Ours, 16n.1
  12. Outcault, R. F., 878
  13. Oxy-hydrogen light, 46, 49, 53, 67n.5
  1. Pacific Phonograph Co., 289n.1
  2. Pacinotti, Antonio, 1014–15
  3. Page, Charles Grafton, 669n.1, 727
  4. Painter, Uriah H., 17
  5. —letters: from Johnson, 983–85
  6. Palace Hotel (San Francisco), 893n.3
  7. Palmer, William Jackson, 237
  8. Panama, 767
  9. Paris, France, 299
  10. Parrish, Dillwyn, 227 363, 746
  11. Partrick & Carter, 8n.9, 356n.3
  12. Patent applications: with Batchelor, 768, 890n.2
  13. Patent assignments: to Edison Electric Light Co. of Europe, 833n.1, 995n.1
  14. Patent interferences, 372n.1, 376n.1, 594n.5, 655n.3, 703n.5, 765, 775, 780n.3, 853n.3, 891n.3, 950n.1
  15. Patent models: Canadian, 98
  16. Patents: British law, 85n.2, 86n.4, 210n.2, 265, 555, 1033–34
  17. Patents (Britain): No. 735 (1873), 729n.4
  18. —other inventors’: Bell, 4, 27n.1, 29, 416, 1032
  19. Patents (other): Australasia, 244, 458–59, 558n.1
  20. —other inventors’: Bailey, 990n.2
  21. Patents (U.S.): No. 141, 177, 416
  22. —other inventors’: Blake, 223n.5, 224n.6
  23. Patton, W. H., 763
  24. Payne, James A., 586
  25. Pearl Street station: canvass, 863n.1, 873, 1024, 1028
  26. Pellorce, Mr., 358, 477–78, 488
  27. Pender, John, 463–65, 517–19, 728, 1008n.2
  28. Pennsylvania Railroad, 773n.2, 1020
  29. Peru, 408n.2, 422, 756, 939n.1
  30. Pescod, William, 938
  31. Le Petit Journal, 659 698
  32. Pettersson, Otto, 886
  33. Phelps, Anson Greene, 122n.3
  34. Phelps, Dodge & Co., 122, 277
  35. Phelps, George, 86–87 188–89, 291n.10, 303n.6, 337n.2, 537
  36. Page 1093Phelps, George Jr., 355, 401n.2
  37. Philadelphia Inquirer, 259n.3
  38. Philadelphia Local Telegraph Co., 259n.5
  39. Philadelphia Public Ledger, 542n.2
  40. Philadelphia Underwriter, 510n.1
  41. Phillips Andover Academy, 928n.5
  42. Philosophical Magazine, 429, 706
  43. Phonograph, 219, 1032
  44. Photometers, 350, 604, 608–9, 664, 706–7, 769, 805n.1, 859, 863n.5, 864n.6, 866
  45. Pinckney, George, 337
  46. Pinto, Anibal, 565, 793n.5
  47. Place, George, 511n.1
  48. Platinum, 185–86, 773
  49. Poggendorff’s Annalen Der Physik und Chemie, 1006
  50. Poinier, Arthur, 400, 495, 509, 526n.1
  51. Polyform, 765–66, 794–95
  52. Pond, Chester, 829
  53. Pope, Franklin, 8n.10, 335n.18, 667
  54. Popular Science Monthly, 709n.2, 721n.4
  55. Porter, Charles T., 693–94, 730, 785, 831, 873n.1, 899n.2, 911, 991, 1027–28
  56. —letters: from Clarke, 911
  57. Porter, Lowrey & Soren, 928n.5
  58. Porter, Lowrey, Soren & Stone, 686
  59. Port Huron, Mich., 460
  60. Port Huron Railway Co., 266, 802
  61. Portugal, 458–59, 685, 756, 758n.2
  62. Powers, Horatio Nelson, 1004
  63. Powers, Oliver, 483, 734, 742
  64. Powers of attorney: to Bailey, 358–59, 462, 475
  65. Prang, L., & Co., 986
  66. Preece, William, 30
  67. Prescott, George, 96, 262n.3, 331, 513
  68. —letters: from TAE, 96, 180
  69. Press relations, 24, 45nn.3–4, 160, 188n.2, 242, 252, 353n.1, 677n.1, 795, 914
  70. Prince of Wales, 224–25, 298
  71. Princeton University, 32n.3, 43n.2, 249n.3, 546, 625, 676, 693
  72. Printing telegraphy, 6
  73. Puerto Rico, 767
  74. Puleston, John, 466n.9, 728
  75. Pullman European Car Association, 363
  76. Puskas, Theodore, 6–7, 299, 658
  77. —letters: from TAE, 14–15, 55–56, 171, 222, 250, 476, 1014–15
  78. —telegrams: from TAE, 56n.4, 169n.1, 262n.1, 437n.4, 438
  79. —and telephone, 119, 408n.3
  80. Putnam, Frederic, 338
  81. Quadruplex, 96
  82. Quaritch, Bernard, 243n.4
  83. Quebec, Canada, 160, 196n.2, 251n.2
  84. Quincy, Calif., 268n.1
  85. Radiometer, 317, 878, 945
  86. Randall, Charles, 334n.9
  87. Raynor, Hiram, 38, 41
  88. Rector, H. C., 388n.2, 507
  89. Reid, James D., 333
  90. Reid, Whitelaw, 252
  91. Reiff, Josiah, 58n.3, 419, 439n.1, 643n.7, 984
  92. —letters: from TAE, 146
  93. Reinmann, A. S., 6, 148n.3, 318n.7
  94. Reinmann & Baetz, 6, 147
  95. Remington & Sons, 155, 368n.4
  96. Remsen, Ira, 391
  97. Renshaw, Alfred, 363, 722, 746, 781, 857, 925n.2, 976
  98. Renshaw, George, 363
  99. Renshaw & Renshaw, 363, 444n.8
  100. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 934n.1
  101. Page 1094Reynolds, Osborne, 945n.3
  102. Rhodes & McClure, 5, 24
  103. Richards, Charles, 416, 730n.2
  104. Richter, Theodore, 248
  105. Riley, W. Wilshire, 741
  106. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 979
  107. Ritchie, E. S., & Co., 946n.4
  108. Ritchie, Edward, 946n.4
  109. Roach, John, 996
  110. Robertson, Thomas, 16n.1
  111. Robinson, Heber, 32
  112. Rockaway Elevated Rail-Road Co., 741
  113. Rogers, Jacob, 539
  114. Rogers, Robert, 258
  115. Rogue River, Ore., 268
  116. Roosevelt, Cornelius: and batteries, 302
  117. Roosevelt, Hilbourne, 984
  118. Rose, A. W., 388n.2, 507, 682
  119. Rousseau, Constant, 359, 477–78, 488, 658
  120. Rowland, Henry, 661
  121. —letters: from TAE, 775, 803, 918–19, 941–44
  122. Royal Institution, 4, 29, 30, 73, 149
  123. Royal Mining Academy (Freiberg), 249n.3
  124. Royal Society, 149n.2, 82, 1008n.2
  125. Russell, James, 766, 880
  126. Russell, Oliver D., 238n.2, 316n.5
  127. Russia, 188–90, 757–58, 989
  128. Salvyera, G., 960n.1
  129. Sanborn, J. W., 266, 267n.3
  130. Sanborn, John, 267n.3, 802
  131. Sanders, Sanford, 515, 537
  132. San Francisco, Calif., 892, 905
  133. Santiago, Chile, 423–24, 793n.5
  134. Saportas, Edward, 1015n.3
  135. Saratoga, N.Y., 338–39, 353n.1, 355, 390, 428, 472, 1028
  136. Sarnia Street Railway Co., 88n.2
  137. Sawyer, William, 503n.2, 545, 549, 972
  138. Schellen, Heinrich: Die magnet-und dynamo-elektrischen Maschinen, 1015
  139. Schuckert, Sigmund, 630n.1
  140. Schwendler, Carl Louis, 429
  141. Science, 695, 720–21, 760–62, 879, 968, 987, 1028
  142. Scientific American: article, 705–9
  143. Scientific Publishing Co., 243n.4
  144. Scotland, 765, 794
  145. Scribner, Charles E., 508n.2, 647
  146. Scribner’s Monthly, 45n.3, 218, 242, 471n.11, 503
  147. Scudder, Samuel, 987n.2
  148. Seeley, Charles, 451n.3
  149. Segredor, John, 767, 822, 876, 1019–20
  150. —telegrams: from TAE, 840
  151. Serrell, Harold, 635n.2
  152. Serrell, Lemuel, 15, 666n.1
  153. Seyfert, Lucy, 878, 909
  154. Seyfert, William, 878, 909n.1, 910nn.2–3
  155. Seymour, James, 161, 486n.1, 509, 556n.3
  156. Shakespeare, William, 516n.4
  157. Shapter, John, 815
  158. Sharon, William, 893n.3
  159. Shaw, George Bernard, 455n.8, 1033
  160. Shaw, Pauline (Mrs. Quincy), 118n.2
  161. Shonnard, Frederic, 721n.2, 760–61, 987n.2
  162. Short, Sidney, 378
  163. Siemens, Charles William, 35n.6, 135n.5, 136n.11, 497, 520n.5, 919n.6
  164. Siemens, Johann von, 497n.1
  165. Siemens, Werner von, 497n.1, 1027
  166. Siemens & Halske, 281n.2
  167. Silvertown, 332, 680n.4
  168. Singer Mfg. Co., 368n.4
  169. 65 Fifth Avenue (New York City), 969–70, 983, 1001
  170. Smith, Fleming & Co., 97n.3, 463–64, 517–19, 728n.2
  171. Smith, Gerritt, 97nn.3&7, 334n.9, 380n.4
  172. Smith, Mr., 266
  173. Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France, 168
  174. Société du Telephone Edison, 6, 168, 181
  175. Société Financière, 697
  176. Société Financière d’Egypte, 697
  177. Société Française de Correspondance Téléphones, 572n.6
  178. Société Générale des Téléphones, 303n.5, 435, 571–72, 838–39
  179. Société Générale du Crédit Mobilier, 433, 476–79, 478–79, 571, 646
  180. Societé Genevoise pour la Construction des Instruments Physique, 799–800
  181. Société Suisse d’Électricité, 843n.5
  182. Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, 230
  183. Society of Telegraph Engineers, 943
  184. Soren, George: and electric light, 246n.1, 503n.2, 995n.1
  185. —telegrams: from TAE, 246n.1
  186. Soulages, Dr. C. C., 257n.2
  187. Soulerin, Léon, 572, 658
  188. South Africa, 755, 990n.7. See also: Cape Colony
  189. South America, 408, 422–25, 453, 756, 815n.3, 905, 908, 939n.1
  190. South American Steamship Co., 792
  191. Southwark Foundry and Machine Co., 835n.1, 897–98
  192. Southwestern Telegraph Co., 670n.9
  193. Spain, 188–90, 757
  194. Spectator (London), 362
  195. Spectroscope, 37, 693, 752
  196. Spottiswoode, William, 1008n.2
  197. Sprague, Frank, 934n.2, 1028
  198. Sprague, John, 19
  199. Sprengel, Hermann Johann Philipp, 43n.2, 656n.6
  200. Spring Valley Mining & Irrigation Co., 269n.4, 289nn.1–2, 291n.7, 293, 483, 734
  201. St. Louis, Mo.: AAAS meeting (1878), 339n.1, 561n.2
  202. Standard (London), 25n.2, 362
  203. Standard Theater, 144n.4
  204. Stanford University, 908n.1
  205. Starbuck, W. H., 894n.4
  206. Stayton, G. H., 22n.7
  207. Steam engines, 135nn.5–6, 177n.2, 183n.2, 540, 580, 605
  208. Stearns, Joseph B., 464
  209. Stern, Edward, 373n.2
  210. Stevens Institute of Technology, 487n.2, 705, 739n.6, 823n.5, 877
  211. Stewart, Willis N., 1030
  212. Stilwell, Alice, 6, 58
  213. Stilwell, Silas M., 973n.1
  214. Stilwell, Silas M., Jr., 972
  215. Stokes, George, 643n.8
  216. Storke, H. L., 425
  217. Storrow, James Jackson, 927
  218. Strasburger, Pfeiffer & Co., 316n.3
  219. Struve, Otto, 392
  220. Sugg, William, 543, 706, 862
  221. Sugg, William, & Co., 709n.6
  222. Sullivan, Arthur, 144n.4
  223. Sutro, Adolph, 271, 322
  224. Swan, Joseph, 921, 941, 943–44, 1008
  225. Swan Electric Light Co., 1009n.4
  226. Swanson, Alfred, 1013
  227. Sweden, 216, 408, 453, 458–59
  228. Switzerland, 408, 553n.1&3
  229. Symington, J. S., 88
  230. Symington, Thomas, 88
  231. Tarrytown, N.Y., 381n.1, 458n.4, 834, 909n.1, 926
  232. Tasimeter, 7, 339n.1, 1015
  233. Taylor, H. A., 466n.14
  234. Taylor, Robert, 946, 960n.1
  235. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., 466nn.9 –10
  236. Telegrapher, 334n.10
  237. Telegraphic Journal, 335n.18
  238. Telegraph relays: Bergmann, 983–85
  239. Telegraph Supply Co., 893n.3
  240. Telegraphy. Acoustic telegraphy; Automatic telegraphy; Cable telegraphy; Facsimile telegraphy; Fire alarm telegraphy; Multiple telegraphy; Printing telegraphy
  241. Telephone: articles about, 75nn.4&7, 96n.4, 124–25, 125, 150n.2, 218, 219n.5, 225, 236n.1, 274n.2, 252, 259, 294n.1, 302, 307n.2, 312n.8, 355, 361–63, 362, 390, 641, 682
  242. —Bell’s, 223n.5, 516n.11
  243. —electromotograph receiver, 4, 74–76, 252n.1, 260, 289, 311, 391, 398, 458–59, 463
  244. chalk buttons, 74, 98–99, 102, 121, 172–74, 218, 271–72, 274, 285, 300–1, 306, 310, 330, 354–55 383, 385, 394, 426–29, 459, 472, 486, 504–5, 512–13, 556, 564–65, 792, 1032–33
  245. —other inventors’: Blake, 223, 239, 331, 362, 394, 433, 461, 536n.1, 572n.6, 642n.2, 658, 680n.4, 681
  246. —patent rights: in Argentina, 408, 756
  247. in Bolivia, 422, 939n.1
  248. —patents: applications, 98–102
  249. —transmitters, 8n.8, 331
  250. Telephone Co. Ltd. (Bell), 419, 515
  251. Telephone Interferences, 8n.10, 272, 337, 378, 460n.3, 547, 635, 876, 907
  252. Tellman, S. E., 740n.10
  253. Thermoelectricity, 159, 174–77
  254. Thomas, Anthony J., 993–94
  255. Thomas, Benjamin F., 705–9
  256. Thompson, J. W., 912
  257. Thomson, Elihu, 35nn.6–7, 131n.6, 259n.1, 386
  258. Thomson, Frank, 772, 1020, 1028–29
  259. Thomson, William, 245
  260. Times (London), 252n.4, 683
  261. Townsend, Henry, 212n.14
  262. Trade secrets, 122
  263. Tragical History of King Richard III, 516n.4
  264. Trowbridge, John, 278n.5, 498n.3, 913n.2
  265. Tuning forks, 338, 390–91
  266. Turkey, 408, 756, 990n.7
  267. Twombly, Hamilton McKown, 223n.2, 239, 965
  268. —letters: from TAE, 262–63
  269. —telegrams: from TAE, 251
  270. Tyndall, John, 4, 29, 73, 124, 149, 169n.2, 230n.3, 534, 641, 681
  271. Tyson, Bryan, 734
  272. United States Electric Lighting Co., 891n.3, 921, 941, 960n.4
  273. United States Illuminating Co., 963n.2
  274. United States Mining Investment Co., 483n.1
  275. United Telephone Co., Ltd., 782
  276. University of Kansas, 1008n.7
  277. University of Pennsylvania, 36n.11, 259n.2, 689n.5, 691n.5
  278. University of Stockholm, 888n.1
  279. University of Upsala, 888n.1
  280. Upton, Elijah, 141. See also: Upton, Francis: letters
  281. Upton, Elizabeth Perry, 141, 474, 503, 532
  282. Page 1097Upton, Francis, 15n.2, 31, 245, 444n.5, 547, 644, 673n.4, 928n.7
  283. —and electric lighting, 51, 177n.2, 178n.3, 187–88, 242, 287, 322, 691n.3
  284. —letters: from Carman, 915
  285. Upton, George, 141
  286. U.S. Bureau of Statistics, 964n.1
  287. U.S. Census, 964n.1
  288. U.S. Centennial Exhibition, 135n.4
  289. U.S. Coast Survey, 223n.5
  290. U.S. Congress, 5, 17n.1, 52n.5, 84, 147n.5
  291. U.S. Consuls, 837, 838n.3, 843n.5
  292. U.S. Naval Observatory, 561n.3, 761
  293. U.S. Patent Office, 115n.4, 125n.5, 390n.4, 439n.1, 592n.2, 593n.12, 610–11, 923n.5, 1026, 1032
  294. U.S. Post Office, 5, 17, 128n.4, 315n.2
  295. U.S. Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.), 944n.3
  296. USS Jeannette, 5, 132nn.1–2, 133n.2
  297. Vacuum pumps, 400, 736
  298. Valence & Valence, 420n.2
  299. Valparaiso, Chile, 422–24, 564–67, 791–92, 979
  300. Van Cleve, Cornelius, 58n.1, 695, 826n.2
  301. Van Cleve, Hattie, 58, 695
  302. Vanderbilt, William Henry, 240n.5, 876, 973n.4
  303. Villard, Henry, 546, 598n.1, 675n.2, 738n.2, 1021, 1028–29
  304. Virginia City, Nev., 322, 763, 786n.1
  305. Voelcker, W. L., 337n.2
  306. Walker, George: letter from TAE, 118
  307. Wallace, William, 33
  308. Wallace & Sons, 384n.4, 557n.6
  309. Wallack’s Theatre (New York City), 16
  310. Ward, George, 552n.3, 663n.2
  311. Ward, Leslie, 58n.3
  312. Washington, 196n.2
  313. Wastell, William, 266, 460n.2, 802n.2
  314. Waterhouse, Theodore, 360–62, 427, 442, 514, 533, 535, 639, 679, 858n.2
  315. Watts, Henry: A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of other Sciences, 1006
  316. Weaver, Henry, 97nn.3&5&7, 378
  317. Webster, Richard, 429, 453, 533, 639, 1033
  318. Weisberg, O., 118n.3
  319. Welles, Francis, 558n.1
  320. Wells Fargo & Co., 289n.1
  321. Welsh, Alexander, 999
  322. Welton, B. H., 460
  323. Western Electric Manufacturing Co., 905n.2
  324. Western Union, 24, 96n.1, 146n.4, 185n.3, 331, 474n.1, 670n.9, 727n.3, 965, 1005
  325. Weston, Edward, 400, 449–51, 740n.8, 824n.7, 1027
  326. Weston Dynamo Electric Machine Co., 451n.1
  327. Weston Malleable Nickel Co., 824n.7
  328. West Point Military Academy, 736
  329. Wexel & DeGress, 196n.2
  330. Wheatstone, Charles, 97n.6
  331. Page 1098Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., 368n.4
  332. White, Arnold:
  333. —letters: from TAE, 389
  334. —telegrams: from TAE, 333n.3, 395n.3
  335. from Gouraud, 227
  336. —and telephone, 295n.2, 388n.1
  337. White, Robert K., 993–94
  338. White, Samuel S., 118n.4., 188, 244–45, 359n.6, 435, 462–63, 488, 660n.20
  339. Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich, 1006
  340. Wiesendanger, Theodore, 879
  341. Wilber, Zenas, 439
  342. Wilder, Burt, 720
  343. Wiley, George L., 393
  344. Willcox, Charles, 367n.2
  345. Willcox & Gibbs, 367
  346. Williams, Arthur, 118n.3
  347. Williams, Page & Co., 598n.3, 599n.4
  348. Wilson, Edward, 337n.2
  349. Wilson, J. J. S., 24
  350. Wilson, S. C., 960n.1
  351. Wilson Sewing Machine Co., 368n.4
  352. Wisconsin (steamship), 273
  353. Wodehouse, Phillip Redmond, 362
  354. Wohltman, John, 388n.2, 455n.8
  355. Woodbridge, N.J., 807n.1
  356. Wright, Arthur Williams, 43
  357. Wright, Jack, 155
  358. Wright, James Hood, 51, 471n.15, 521n.1, 814, 988, 994n.4
  359. Wüllner, Adolph: Lehrbuch der Experi mentalphysik, 1006
  360. Yale College, 921, 928n.5
  361. Young, Charles, 546, 625, 672n.3, 676, 693, 740n.10, 762n.6
  362. Young, J. C., 799–800, 831n.2
  363. Zürlinden, Gaspard, 553n.2, 799–800, 843n.5

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