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Kennelly’s lack formal education certainly not noticeable the detailed notes
he made his laboratory work. Boynton, Alex W.81
Arthur Kennelly. Unlike experimenters old, Holland was not
free try anything wished. These notebooks provide exact scientific
record the work carried out the electrical laboratory.83 After leaving
Edison’s employ 1894, Kennelly went into business for himself and later had a
distinguished career academic, teaching electrical engineering Harvard. During the period after 1914, housed Stephen Mambert, vice
president and financial executive Thomas Edison Inc. Edison" replaced Kennelly
after left. Other workers this building from 1888 1893 include:
Theodore Lehmann, Johannes Cuntz, F.80
M Millard, Edison and the Business Innovation, Chapter 12.E.
Building eventually became general use space the laboratory complex with
no clear function. Like Batchelor and many the other important
members the laboratory staff, was Englishman who left home make his
fortune. contained experimental rooms, offices, and even sleeping
quarters.C.
No "chief electrician" "electrical assistant Mr. Withington, "Interview with Dr. A.M. was largely self-taught, learning about electricity an
employee underwater telegraph cable company where worked for ten
years before joining Edison.P. Holland’s work was closely supervised Durand and other managers and
every expense had justified.F.
84 Names compiled from editorial material prepared the Thomas Edison Papers project in
preparation for the microfilming the Kennelly notebooks.
81 John Constable Charles Edison, September 19, 1918 (in 1918, WOL—General).
Brigham, Arthur Colgate, Everett Frazier, Arthur Hoopes, Oren Hussey,
and T. was placed charge equipping Building l. Bergh, E. Kennelly", Edison Pioneer Records, Box 24. Kennelly was charge the electrical laboratory Building
1 from 1887 1894.84
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. Lawrence.
82 C.
Kennelly’s own notebooks and those Building indicate that was assisted by
Alfred Thompson.
83 For examples Kennelly’s records see Notebooks N-89-12-13, N-90-07-22, N-91-09-14, N-92-01-08, N-
92-03-30, N-92-05-06, and N-93-01-03 and Letterbook LB-87-09-29.photograph Building shows Holland with his boss, Nelson Durand,
manager the business phonograph operation, and Edison’s son Charles (figure
8). filled employment application 1887 and joined the laboratory
that year., and his staff clerks
and accountants, evidence the changing times West Orange
