1880s Thomas Edison Laboratory Working Note And Stationary With His Signature

Thomas A. Edison Signed stationary and Laboratory Research Note West Orange NJ Chemical Experiment Manuscript

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Exceptional original Thomas A. Edison laboratory manuscript written on official "From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, N.J." stationery.

Document contains handwritten laboratory research notes and experimental formulations referencing zinc, copper, lead, iron, carbon, antimony, tin, cadmium, nickel, sulphur, mica, phosphorus, paraffin, asphalt, sulphides, fluorides, peroxides, sulphuric acid, and rubber.

The sheet bears an original Edison signature and originates from the famous Orange/West Orange laboratory complex where Edison conducted his groundbreaking electrical and chemical research.

Unlike routine business correspondence, this manuscript appears to be a genuine laboratory working document reflecting ongoing experimental investigations and material testing.

A rare opportunity to acquire an authentic piece of American scientific history directly connected to one of the world's greatest inventors.

Condition as shown. Age toning, folds, staining, and laboratory-use wear consistent with period working documents.

This is an original laboratory working note from the laboratory of Thomas Alva Edison. The accompanying letterhead places it in Edison's Orange/West Orange laboratory era, after his move from Menlo Park in the late 1880s. The same laboratory letterhead is found on documented Edison laboratory correspondence from the period.

The content appears to be a laboratory formulation or experimental materials list rather than correspondence. I can make out references to:

Zinc

Copper

Lead

Iron

Carbon

Antimony

Tin

Cadmium

Nickel

Sulphur

Mica

Phosphorus

Paraffin

Asphalt

Sulphides

Borides

Fluorides

Peroxides

Pure sulphuric acid

The repeated references to metals, sulphides, acids, rubber, paraffin, and insulating materials are highly consistent with laboratory experimentation involving batteries, electrical insulation, or chemical compounds—subjects heavily researched at Edison's West Orange laboratory.