250
Al Wurth. Fessenden places him the
third floor, which might have been mistake.(figure 46).261
John Joseph Force.L." This was Building Meadowcroft was writing from
Edison’s library. William Meadowcroft TAE, August 1911 (in 1911, WOL—Meadowcroft’s Reports). continued working for
Edison until 1921. independent inventor, Higham was brought West Orange
in 1909 apply his special knowledge loud speaking phonographs the
kinetophone project.247
247 Reporting TAE work progress the laboratory, Meadowcroft mentions that saw Moore and
Acker "going about with discs their hands. 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., pp.
2“ MRH TAE, March 14, 1912 (in 1912, Phonograph-General). 32-33; Edison National Site Card
Catalog. 1903, succeeded his father head the department making molds
to manufacture duplicate records for the National Phonograph Company.
249 See 1909, Motion Picture-Highamphone and Higham, Daniel for the terms Higham’s contract. American Graphophone 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.24*
Daniel Higham.262
W. Edison’s main place work was room follows that Moore
would have had room nearby. After three year hiatus, Albert returned stay in
1897.
251 Frank Dyer [?] Weber, December 15, 1909 (in 1909, Phonograph-General); Testimony of
Albert Wurth, National Phonograph Co.
Moore worked Building disc record development from 1912 around 1917
and long playing records 1924-1926. The
74
.
249 Harold Anderson interview, 1973, Oral History project, 29; see also NPS, "HSR, Part Metallurgical
Laboratory, Building 4," 5.
252 Fessenden, "The Inventions Reginald Fessenden," Radio News (August 1925), 157. 1909,
when the disc record project began Glen Ridge, Albert guided John Ott the
preparation drawings for copper-plating apparatus.
His room likely have been the second floor. Force was the glass blower during Period (1887-1900).K. Dickson. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson’s association with Edison has
been the source some controversy and great deal misinformation
