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Prospector's Claim Stake, Used near Battle Lake, Wyoming, 1880-1910
Artifact
Stake (Pointed object)
Date Made
1880-1910
Summary
This prospector's cedar stake was used on a mining claim near a "Lake Edison" in Wyoming. This is the site where Thomas Edison allegedly conceived the idea for the incandescent lamp. The donor retrieved the stake several decades after Edison's encampment, noting that sand-laden winds blowing from the West had eroded only one side of the stake.
Place of Creation
Object ID
31.884.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of L. P. Pasewalk.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
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Prospector's Claim Stake, Used near Battle Lake, Wyoming, 1880-1910
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Edison Tasimeter, 1878
Artifact
Tasimeter
Date Made
1878
Summary
This tasimeter is a heat-measuring device, invented by Thomas Edison. On July 29, 1878, Edison travelled to Wyoming as part of the "Draper Expedition" to study a total solar eclipse along its path of totality. Mounting a tasimeter to a telescope, Edison conducted experiments to measure the energy levels of the sun's corona, amplified by the eclipse.
Place of Creation
Keywords
Object ID
29.1980.288
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.
On Exhibit
On Loan - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museum
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Edison Tasimeter, 1878
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"Total Eclipse Mazurka," 1869
Artifact
Sheet music
Date Made
1869
Place of Creation
Object ID
2017.0.10.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
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"Total Eclipse Mazurka," 1869
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