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