31) TAE Villard, March 1889, Villard collection HBS MS
78, box 63.
24) E.H.
32) TAE Villard, Feb 1890, Villard Papers, HBS, fol 473. Vail to
TAE, May 1886, Elec Light.
27) Insull TAE, April 1888, 1888, Laboratory Bills.H.
.
23) Siemens Halske Report November 1886, Elec light.
29) Upton TAE, Aug 1889, Elec Light, filament.
34) E.H. LXLIX (Nov, 1889), 625-634. Millard, Technological Lag (New York:
Garland, 1987).
36) The Electric Lighting Act had placed all public supply in
England under the Board Trade.
28) Tate, Open Door, 128. Johnson Letter, undated 1888 Phono general. Many blamed this lag
on regulation.
38) "Plans the Vizard," newsclipping, 1891 Electric
Railroad folder.
35) Thomas Edison, ’
’
The Dangers Electric Lighting," North
American Review.
37) TAE Insull, May 1888, 970929, 254.J. See A.
39) Cited Josephson, 346.
25) TAE ViHard, Feb 1891, ViHard papers, HBS, fol 475,
63.
30) Fessenden, ’
’
The Inventions Fessenden’
’ Radio
News, 1925, Part VIII.
26) Chandler, The Visible Hand (Cambridge: Harvard Univ
Press, 1978), 194.
22) Patent 369,439 patented Sept 1887. In
comparison with the great increase electricity supply the
United States, England was lagging behind. Johnson TAE, June 1889, Electricity. Each local authority had veto
power over lighting projects and the companies were subjected
to vigorous regulation every aspect their operations.V
21) The work the municipal lamp had begun 1888, when
Edison had his laboratory the Lamp factory, J
