Ayres, Brown, 1856-1919.
Brown Ayres correspondence, 1877-1881, 1916
This collection consists of correspondence between Brown Ayres and famous inventors Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. It includes a letter from Thomas Edison in 1881 asking Ayres to record the condition of light bulbs sent to him for testing purposes. Also included are a ticket to an 1877 exhibition of the telephone that Ayres attended and letters dated 1878 and 1916 between Bell and Ayres documenting Ayres' attendance at this exhibition and his role in publicizing this invention.
American physicist and administrator. Ph.D., Stevens Institute (1888). Professor of physics and electrical engineering, dean of college of technology and academic college, vice-chairman of faculty, acting president, Tulane University (1880-1904); president, University of Tennessee (1904-1919).
Ayres, Brown, 1856-1919.
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
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Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. James D. Hoskins Library, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA