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Notebook Series -- Notebooks by Other Experimenters -- Battery Experiments:
[NB251A]

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The 549 notebooks in this group cover the period 1909-1929. They were used by Walter N. Archer, Elmer E. Dougherty, John A. Hanley, Miller Reese Hutchison, Paul D. Payne, Harold H. Smith, and numerous other experimenters. Six books with indications of oversight or involvement by Edison have been selected in whole or in part.

The notebooks are arranged in six subgroups:

  1. M. R. Hutchison Books (6 notebooks)
  2. J. A. Hanley Books (21 notebooks)
  3. Experimenters' Books (77 notebooks)
  4. Cell Test Books (293 notebooks)
  5. Tube Test Books (94 notebooks) [not selected]
  6. Pockets Test Books (58 notebooks) [not selected]


Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.