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These notebooks, which generally measure about 3" or 4" in one direction and 6" or 7" in the other, relate to a variety of topics, including phonographs and phonograph cylinders, electric lighting, meter and battery tests, ore milling, x-ray tubes and apparatus, metals and alloys, and chemical experiments. All of the notebooks by Edison, as well as the two most significant books by other experimenters, have been selected.

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Notebook, PN-87-03-09

This pocket notebook was used by Franz Schulze-Berge to record published materials about exhibitions and to list books and journals sent to Newark. The only dated entry, near the end of the book, refers to books and journals shipped to Newark on March 9, 1887. The first page is inscribed "Notes for Catalogue 4. Schulze-Berge."

Notebook, PN-89-00-00.1

This undated notebook was used by an experimenter named Zuckschwert for notes on meter and battery tests. There is also one note regarding a test of a wireless telegraph.

Notebooks, PN-89-00-00.3, PN-90-08-20

These pocket notebooks cover the period November 1889-September 1890. They were used primarily by Arthur C. Payne and William K. L. Dickson for notes regarding ore assays. Included are entries pertaining to iron ore from Orange County, N.Y., and Essex County, N.J., as well as gold ore from Virginia and North Carolina. (See also PN-89-11-11.)

Notebook, PN-93-07-00

This undated pocket notebook was used by an unidentified experimenter for notes and drawings of materials apparently used in mounting glass.

Notebook, PN-97-03-25

This pocket notebook was used by an unidentified laboratory assistant from March 1897 until October 1898. The first part of the book contains notes on cathode ray tubes, along with a record of the individuals and institutions purchasing the tubes. The entries near the end of the book relate to electrical tests on motors.

Notebooks, PN-98-05-11, PN-98-07-12, PN-98-10-03, PN-98-12-01

These four pocket Notebooks, which cover the period May-December 1898, were used by an unidentified laboratory assistant for tests of battery cells.

Notebook, PN-Undated.8

This undated pocket notebook was used by an unidentified laboratory assistant for notes on iron and antimony in connection with Edison's ore milling experiments.

Notebook, PN-Undated.15

This undated pocket notebook was used by an unidentified assistant to list metals and metal alloys. The entries are numbered 1-113.

Notebook, PN-Undated.17

This pocket notebook was used by an unidentified laboratory assistant for notes on chemical analyses, many of which probably relate to ores. Most of the entries are dated by day and month, but there is no indication of the year.