Errata in the Edison Papers Book Edition

Although most of the errors in the printed volumes are minor problems of transcription, reference, or spelling, a few constitute substantial omissions or errors of fact. Those pages have been marked with an asterisk. If you discover any errors not listed here, please contact the editors at taep@rci.rutgers.edu.

Volume 1

Page	Correction
xxvi	“Don C. Skemer of the New Jersey Historical Commission” should be “Don C. Skemer of the New Jersey Historical Society”
21	Notes 22 and 23: “Doc. 336” should be “Doc 334”
29	Note 4 should read: "Anthony Brunk, who was an employee at Walker's store, went by the nickname 'Toney,' sometimes spelled 'Tony.'"
42	First line on page (note 2 from p. 41): “(Doc. 71)” should be “(Doc. 59)”
47	Note 2: “(Doc. 43)” should be “(Doc. 32)”
60	Doc. 31, n. 3: “Doc. 51” should be “Doc. 54”
67*	Note 3 should be [changes underlined in bold.]: “The gauge refers to wire size according to the Birmingham system. The most commonly used gauge in the United States at this time was no. 8. The diameter of this gauge was 165 mils (about 4.19 mm), while that of no. 14 was 83 mils (about 2.11 mm). Before . . . number of miles. Prescott 1877, 969.”
120*	Note 1 should be, “This is probably the magnetograph. . . .”
143	Superscript “c” on “$33,645.00^c” should be “a”
175	Sourcenote: “MDSUFR” should be “MdSuFR”
228	Note 11: “16 February 1875” should be “6 February 1875”
247	Note 5: “Doc. 186” should be “Doc. 185”
279	Note 1: “J. Edgar Thompson” should be “J. Edgar Thomson”
310	Note 3: Delete “; and Doc. 261, n. 2 #8221; at end
369	First line on page (note 2 from p. 368): “Doc. 183” should be “Doc. 184”
385*	Note 5: Mary Stilwell's father was not a “lawyer”; he was a “sawyer”
402	Note 2: “Doc. 195 headnote” should be “Doc. 207”
460*	Note 2 should be: “Two versions of a song titled ‘Popsy Wopsy’ were published in New York in 1870. Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music, Special Collections, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University (September 25, 2001) <http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/>”
498	Sourcenote: “MdSuFAR” should be “MdSuFR”
519	Sourcenote: “Cat. 1181:255” should be “Cat. 1172:255”
530	Note 5: Delete “‘Duplex No 1’ and”
530	Note 6: Delete “‘Duplex No 3’ and”
549	Note 4: Delete “upper” (both occurrences)
557	Note 5: “Doc. 316, n. 2” should be “Doc. 316, n. 3”
585	Doc. 316, n. 2: “Doc. 302” should be “Doc. 303”
588	Superscript “b” on “Fig. 1^b” should be “c”
590	Sourcenote: “DS and D (photographic transcript)” should be “DS and PD”

Volume 2

Page	Correction
519	Note 2: “one of the floors our our manufactory” should be “one of the floors of our manufactory”
557*	Note 7 should be: “Emma Batchelor, born in spring 1873. Existing twentieth-century passports have incorrect ages for Batchelor’s wife and daughters. Batchelor to James Batchelor, 27 Feb. 1877 (TAEM 93:92); passports; both Batchelor, NjWOE; U.S. Bureau of the Census 1952, roll T4.”
629	Sourcenote: “(TAEM 8:117)” should be “(TAEM 28:117)”
760*	Note 6 should be: “This child was named Rosa.”

Volume 3

Page	Correction
147	"Tony Bronk" should be "Toney Brunk."
155	Sourcenote: “(TAEM 4:171)” should be “(TAEM 4:471)”
173	Note 2: “10 November 1877” should be “10 November 1876”
203	"Tony Bronk" should be "Toney Brunk."
236	There is an image missing at the end of the document. See TAED NV08:212.
237	"Anthony (Tony) Bronk" should be "Anthony (Toney) Brunk."
267	Sourcenote: “(TAEM 92:93)” should be “(TAEM 93:92)”
267*	Doc. 871, insert footnote: “Symington bros should lend Edison $1500" should be “Symington bros should lend Edison $1500²"; new note 2 is: “Actually $2,500; see canceled note, DF (TAEM 14:534).”
343	Note 1, end: “(TAEM 94:151, 153–54)” should be “(TAEM 94:51, 53–54)”
394	Note 2 (top): Delete “two sides of the transmitting diaphragm are insulated from each other. The”
413*	Last paragraph should begin: “Although the Port Huron street railway companies had merged in January,”
642*	Illustration caption: “Henry Bentley” should be “Edison”
649*	First paragraph should end: “in New York, and eight days later Edison signed the application that became U.S. Patent 200,521.”

Volume 4

Page	Correction
xlv	EP&RI Edison Papers & Related Items, MiDbEI
20	Doc. 1170 nn. 1 and 2 (top), Doc. 1171 n. 1 (bottom): “TAEM” should be “TAEB”
23	Sourcenote: “TAEB” should be “TAEM”
33	Note 1: “TAEM” should be “TAEB”
35	Illustration caption: “5 January” should be “12 January”
88-89	Doc 1210: Remove textnote “a” from “will^a”; delete from sourcenote
138	Note 1: “CR” should be “PPC”
143	Doc. 1234 n. 3 (top): “CR” should be “PPC”
143	Note 2: “TAEM” should be “TAEB”
159*	Note 4: “Tulane” should be “University of Tennessee”
224	Doc. 1283 sourcenote: Delete “; 17:71”
292	Note 2: “thirty-eight” should be “twenty-eight”
342	Note 1, paragraph 2: “arrangments” should be “arrangements”
344	Illustration caption: “arrangment” should be “arrangement”
345	Doc. 1357: Textnote “a” should be “b” on “point^a”, “out^a”, and “detected^a”
346	Sourcenote: “Vol. 14:117” should be “Vol. 14:118”
348*	Illustration caption: “British Patent 2,369” should be “British Patent 2,396”
359	Textnote “b” on should be “c” on “receiver^b”; “c” should be “b” on “we^c”; “e” should be “d” on “[arranging?]^e”; “d” should be “c” on “[parties on telephones?]^d”
371	Note 8 (from p. 370): “CR” should be “PPC”
381	Note 2: “phonoautograph” should be “phonautograph”
382	Note 2 (from p. 381), end: “[6:754–55]” should be “[TAEM 6:754–55]”
386	Doc. 1375 sourcenote: “‘Menlo Park’” should be “‘Menlo Park, N.J.,’”
394	Note 1: “Frederic Gower” should be “Frederick Allen Gower”
396	Textnote “b” should be “‘187’ and ‘Menlo Park, N.J.’ preprinted”
429	Note 5: “###” should be “369”
436	Note 5: “(7:783–84)” should be “(TAEM 7:783–84)”
544	Note 3: “diaphram” should be “diaphragm”
558	Note 1: “subsequenly” should be “subsequently”
565*	Doc. 1479 n. 1: “It is not known if Prescott received Farmer's account before he sent . . . mid-November (Doc. 1492 n. 1).” should be “Prescott received Farmer's account after he sent . . . mid-November (Doc. 1492 n. 1; Prescott 1879, 515).”
573	Note 2: “monthy” should be “monthly”; “Phongraph” should be “Phonograph”
589	Note 1: “chaper” should be “chapter”
650	Line 5: “[?]” should be “[out?]”
651*	Note 2, end: Add “; for test of the Partrick and Carter tasimeters done at the Menlo Park laboratory see N-78-11-28:68–89, Lab. (TAEM 29:54–63).”
719*	Note 2: “his own lamp as equivalent to six gas burners” should be “his own lamp as equivalent to one gas burner”
762*	Note 3 should read: "Fausto Mora (c. 1836–1914) was likely the son of the partner in the firm of Mora, De Navarro & Co. His brother was photographer José Mora for whom Edison sat for a portrait in 1879. New York Passenger List, 23 June 1855, Serial M237, Roll 153, List 542; "Mora Left $170,435 Here," New York Times, 8 Feb. 1914, p. 13; "The Mora Paintings," New York Times, 18 Feb. 1890, p. 4; Navarro to TAE, 19 Feb. 1881, DF (TAED D8131E; TAEM 58:387); NCAB 15:246; Mora's Photographic Gallery to TAE, 6 May 1879, DF (TAED D7903ZDO; TAEM 49:222)."