Scientific Apparatus Personally Owned & Used by Thomas Edison in His Laboratory

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THOMAS EDISON
.  Original hand-made scientific apparatus personally owned and used by Thomas Edison in his laboratory at West Orange, New Jersey.
ORIGINAL HAND-MADE SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS PERSONALLY OWNED AND USED BY THOMAS EDISON IN HIS LABORATORY
Made for the study and demonstration of an electrical application involving magnetism as the model incorporates a moving coil and magnetic field; created with material likely from the lab’s workshop; composed of metal (copper and at least one other metal), wood, paper, and two different gauges of cloth-covered wire, along with assorted and mismatched screws, nuts, and washers; mounted to a wooden base that measures 6.5 by 3.5 by 0.75 inches; and circa 1880s to 1890s.
ACCOMPANIED WITH AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF IMPECCABLE PROVENANCE FROM EDISON’S LAB ASSISTANT, HERBERT S. READ
Accompanied with an extensive amount of impeccable provenance from Edison’s laboratory assistant, Herbert S. Read, including a wooden clamp attached to the armature of the apparatus with a note of provenance handwritten by Read, “Herbert S. Read, Edison Lab’y”; a cabinet card portrait of Read circa 1870s from the Geo. H. Leck photography studio in Lawrence, Massachusetts; six pages of laboratory notes from Read’s notebook; a letter from Joseph Sacco-Albanese to Read regarding his work at Edison’s lab; and two mailing envelopes addressed to Read at Edison’s lab.