Balance Room. Acquire.
CONTAINER, tin (on table) Figure 20. EDIS collection acquire.
CHAIR Figure 20. Acquire.
The items shown hanging over the west wall figure are assumed paint
samples metal strips. Use EDIS 3333e.
Experimental BATTERY
STAND (on table)
Figure 20. This
room also contained the precise balances used the measurement chemicals. Use EDIS 21385. Reproduce.
GLASS BOTTLES, large
(on table)
Figure 20. Use existing cupboards. The laboratory notebooks these tables refer to
experiments with record blanks and the assembly and testing the diaphragms
used the cylinder and disc phonographs. EDIS collection acquire. mounting his samples this fashion, Edison could
test for fading well monitor the adhesion the paint onto the surface the
strips.
LAB TABLE center of
room)
Figure 20. EDIS collection.
201
. The mica samples were used make
up the thin diaphragm that vibrated with the movement sound waves. According photographic evidence, the balance room appears to
be the place where Edison did much his experimenting.
SIDE TABLE Figure 20.
BEAKERS, (on table) Figure 20.
West Wall:
COUNTER (against west
wall)
Figure 26. Figure shows
electrolytic equipment used storage battery work the main table, and on
adjoining tables are the microscopes used examine the minute grooves disc
and cylinder records. EDIS collection.
Object and Location Evidence Recommendation
South Wall:
CUPBOARDS with glass
doors (southwest section of
wall)
Figure 20. EDIS collection.
WIRES and BULBS (hanging
from ceiling)
Figure 20.
PAINT SAMPLES metal
strips (hanging over counter)
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