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Sale 61
Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction
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Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) Inventor of the telephone; pioneer in telecommunications and construction of hydrofoil boats. The bel (B) and the decibel (dB) are named for him. Autograph Letter Signed "A. Graham Bell," 4 pp, 7 x 4½ in., Salem, Mass., June 20, 1874. To deaf poet Alice C. Jennings praising her poem "Visible Speech." He writes: "It is too beautiful for a mere passing comment….I have been touched by the feeling and patterns…and surprised at the extreme beauty of some of the imagery employed…you have at last soared far beyond my reach….It is to me wonderful and inexplicable that your heart should be so full of music. Your poem on Aggasiz, though not to be ranked beside that on Visible Speech, is full of thought and beauty….You have genius and you need not fear to attempt the greatest things….Will it be convenient for you to receive a visit from me on Saturday afternoon?…." Fine.
Alice C. Jennings was one of Bell's pupils in the School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech that Bell opened in Boston in 1872. In their Education of Deaf Children (1892), Edward Gallaudet and Bell praise her poetry and mention that she "became totally deaf in childhood."
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800.
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Lot 437 |
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Edison, Thomas A (1847- 1931) Inventor and physicist. He developed the Edison Universal Stock Printer and manufactured telegraphs until 1876. He invented the phonograph (1877), the carbon-filament light bulb (1879) and motion picture equipment. Altogether he held patents for over 1000 inventions. Autograph Note Signed "Edison," 2pp, n.p., n.d. Written in pencil to "Moore" on the customary "penny-pad" lined paper. "Dalley using same mould got a Run Out on a record from this mould. He then had printed 6 from this mould from blanks varnished in factory 3 coats all had R Outs more or less. He then varnished 6 more with 3 coats….It would seem from this Rum Outs are not in the mould and not in the Blank but in the rotten Varnishing." Dark toning but boldly written and signed.
Estimated Value $550 - 750.
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