32-33; Edison National Site Card
Catalog. 1909,
when the disc record project began Glen Ridge, Albert guided John Ott the
preparation drawings for copper-plating apparatus. The son Charles Wurth, 17-year-old Albert first worked for
Edison for six months 1894, helping his father Charles prepare records and
make duplicates from molds.
Moore worked Building disc record development from 1912 around 1917
and long playing records 1924-1926.
252 Fessenden, "The Inventions Reginald Fessenden," Radio News (August 1925), 157. continued working for
Edison until 1921.250
Al Wurth.24*
Daniel Higham. Fessenden places him the
third floor, which might have been mistake.L. William Meadowcroft TAE, August 1911 (in 1911, WOL—Meadowcroft’s Reports).
2“ MRH TAE, March 14, 1912 (in 1912, Phonograph-General). The
74
. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson’s association with Edison has
been the source some controversy and great deal misinformation.
251 Frank Dyer [?] Weber, December 15, 1909 (in 1909, Phonograph-General); Testimony of
Albert Wurth, National Phonograph Co.249
He worked the kinetophone studio, large tent the laboratory complex, and
he probably worked Buildings and developed the large phonograph
used the kinetophone sets. Dickson. American Graphophone Co." This was Building Meadowcroft was writing from
Edison’s library. Edison’s main place work was room follows that Moore
would have had room nearby.262
W. 1903, succeeded his father head the department making molds
to manufacture duplicate records for the National Phonograph Company. Force was the glass blower during Period (1887-1900).
His room likely have been the second floor.247
247 Reporting TAE work progress the laboratory, Meadowcroft mentions that saw Moore and
Acker "going about with discs their hands., pp.K. After three year hiatus, Albert returned stay in
1897.261
John Joseph Force. independent inventor, Higham was brought West Orange
in 1909 apply his special knowledge loud speaking phonographs the
kinetophone project.
249 See 1909, Motion Picture-Highamphone and Higham, Daniel for the terms Higham’s contract.
249 Harold Anderson interview, 1973, Oral History project, 29; see also NPS, "HSR, Part Metallurgical
Laboratory, Building 4," 5.(figure 46)
