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Separation and inspiration : concerning the first industrial application of electricity in America

 Collection — manuscript box: 59 - folder 1
Identifier: 3607m

Scope and content

An essay on the use of electricity in the iron works of Penfield & Taft at Crown Point, New York, and the subsequent acquisition of the firm's electromagnetic equipment by Thomas Davenport, inventor of the electric motor. The essay is designated Historical Publication No. 1 of the Penfield Foundation, Ironville, Crown Point, New York.

Dates

  • 1967.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Extent

1 folders. (1 folders.)

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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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