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Drawings and Notes of Early Inventions (double lamps, machines, armatures), 1880-1886
No full textMiscellaneous diagrams and descriptions, hand-drawn and handwritten, covering inventions of various types between 1880 and 1886.Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 2: Laboratory Notes (1880-1929)Box 6Folder
Letter from Charles Darwin to H. W. Bates, 9145
No full textDarwin thanks for assistance. He will write fully to Wallace tomorrow. Letter from Down, Beckenham, Kent. Transcription: "?29A Down, Beckenham, Kent. [] 16 My dear Bates Very many thanks your all your kind []. I will write [] in full detail to Wallace + I hope all will go smooethly. yours very sincerely Ch. Darwin"The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Scrapbook, 1880-1929
No full text2 bound volumes of newspaper clippings regarding Charles F., Sr., his life, inventions, awards, and more, between 1880 and 1929Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 6: Newspaper Clippings (1879-1964)Box 23Folder
Letter from Charles Darwin to Robert Hunt, 12623
No full textDarwin thanks for gift of [Panthea,] the spirit of nature [1849]. Transcript: " Jan 9 1880 Dear Sir I am much obliged to you for your courteous note + for the gift of your 'Spirit of Nature'. I will read your work as soon as I have finished a book in hand, + I remain Dear Sir yours faithfully Charles Darwin" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, EnglandThe Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscript
Charles F. Brush, Sr., Papers: Series 09: Brush Companies
No full textThe Brush Laboratories Company was founded in 1921 by Charles F. Brush, Sr., Charles F. Brush, Jr., and Charles Baldwin Sawyer, to engage in scientific research, testing and engineering, as well as the making of and dealing in inventions, patents and processes. Charles F. Brush, Jr., was the first president. After Charles F. Brush, Jr.’s, unexpected death in 1927, Sawyer assumed the leadership in the company. The records here include employment contracts and resignations, stock agreements with Charles F. Brush, Sr., license agreements, and patent transfers. The Brush Electric Company includes product catalogs or descriptions of early Brush electrical products such as electric light systems and dynamos.Charles F. Brush, Sr., Paper
Storage Battery Experiments. Daily Account, 1880-1882
No full textHandwritten daily log of experimental work on electric batteries, includes some diagrams after the notes and an old copy of one diagram. From notations on the back of the daily log, it appears that these notes were evidence in one of his patent lawsuits: The Brush Electric Company vs. The Jenkins Electric Company. The first image in this file shows what is on the back of images 2-66. Image 68 shows the back of image 67.Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 2: Laboratory Notes (1880-1929)Box 6Folder
Statement of Shipment, 1879-1884
No full textHandwritten ledger listing shipments, returns, and exchanges of Brush Electric Company machines, batteries, and other related parts for the years 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 5: Financial Records (1878-1891)Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)Box 22Folder
Charles F. Brush, Sr. Papers: Series 06: Newspaper Clippings
No full textIncluded in this record series are news clippings from daily newspapers around the country as well as scientific journals and popular publications such as Harper’s Weekly. Topics discussed are: Brush’s work on the arc light, dynamo, and storage battery; Euclid Avenue home and windmill; Brush Foundation and its activities; Brush’s death in 1929; patent litigation; Brush’s theory of gravitation.Charles F. Brush, Sr., Paper
Newspaper Clippings, 1879-1916
No full text1 newspaper clipping from 1879 in Cleveland Herald regarding public testing of Brush arc light in Monument Park. 3 articles from 1880, 1882, and mid 1880s, one from New York Times, regarding Brush battery, Brush mansion, and Brush patent case. 16 articles from 1890s regarding Brush court cases, Brush biographical information and Brush discovering etherion. 7 articles from 1900s regarding Brush winning awards and Brush being chosen president of Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. 8 articles from 1910s regarding Brush theory of gravity and Brush theory of electricity replacing coal. Includes Franklin Institute booklet from thirtieth anniversary of 1884 Electrical Exhibition in PhiladelphiaCharles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 6: Newspaper Clippings (1879-1964)Box 23Folder
Account of Charles F. Brush with Brush Electric. Statements, 1878-1885
No full textHandwritten ledgers for the Brush Electric Company recording finances related to clients, services and goods, and charges for the years 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885Charles F. Brush, Sr., PapersSeries 5: Financial Records (1878-1891)Subseries 2: Brush Electric Company (1878-1890)Box 20Folder