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Notebook Series -- Notebooks by Other Experimenters -- Electric Vehicle Experiments:
[NB249H]

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These nine notebooks were used in 1911, 1914, and 1919 by Amandis W. Almquist, H. W. Jones, Robert Saville, Harold H. Smith, and other Edison employees. The books describe work on Edison's "Detroit" or "Ford" electric vehicle, including tests of efficiency and cooling, as well as tests on starters, chain drives, generators, idlers, and various belts and pulleys. Also included are performance tests of engines and batteries. In addition, there are entries relating to electric lighting for the vehicles. Some of the tests took place on Eagle Rock Hill in West Orange. Related electric wagon tests can be found in N-13-05-22, Kinetophone and Kinetoscope Experiments -- L. E. Briggs Books [not selected].

N-Number Labels and Inscriptions on Front Cover
[additional information supplied by the editors appears in brackets]
Selected Books
14-07-17 "Wagon Experiment. Ford Electric. July 1914 R Saville"
Books Not Selected
11-12-01.1"Test on Detroit Electric Dec. 1, 1911"
14-01-17"F. L. E. ExP. #2"
14-03-30---
14-05-01---
14-06-24---
14-07-01.1"Readings Delivery Wagon. Volts"
14-07-14.2--- [continues N-14-06-24]
19-01-24---


Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.