1.
15) Gilliland extracted large commission out Lippincott on
the understanding that Gilliland would sell Edison’s interest
to Lippincott for half its worth.
9) Scientific American LVII <31 Dec 1887), 422; patent analysis
by Mark Ham, ’
’
Edison and the Phonograph,” May 1986.Johnson) handwritten memo undated, 1888
Phono General.
8) TAE Villard, Jan 1888, Villard Papers, Harvard
Business School, 78, box 63.
3) Ibid.H. The right manufacture phonographs was given
to the Edison Phonograph Works.B.
7) TAE G.
4) TAE (Gouraud?), Hov 1887, 1887 Phono General. Gould, 870621, 24, July 1887.
.
16) TAE Lawson, May 1888, 1888 Phono Gen May June.
14) Agreements 1888 Phono agreements, 1888 Phono general;
Edison had attempted revive the old phonograph company by
offering exchange one third the stock new company
for the interest the old shareholders.
6) TAE Gouraud, October 1888, 1888 Phono General.IV-24
EHDHOTES FOE CHAPTEE FOUE
1) ’
’
The Hew Edison Phonograph,” Scientific American LVII (Dec
31 1887), 415. Dick TAE, July 1887, Phono Gen; Scientific
American LVII <29 Oct 1887), 273.
10) Lab notebook 880601.
13) Tate, Open Door, 152-156. Tate, Edison’s Open Door, 135-7.
12) List experiments, 1888 Phono General May-June; Drawing
of ’
’
plate phono,” Oct 1888, H88001.
11) Tate Mack, 1888 Electric Light General, July 1888 . Once got the money from
Lippincott, Gilliland then fled the country. Edison’s faith the ’
’
boys” was
shaken, see TAE <E.H.
2) TAE (EHJ) handwritten memo undated, 1888 Phono General.
5) A. They refused and
Edison formed the new Edison Phonograph Company without them in
December 1887. This story told
in Tate, Conot, and Josephson
