Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

The Historically Important Patents Collection is housed in three folders organized by owner of the patent. The first folder contains patents awarded to Thomas Edison, from 1898-1921. The second folder contains patents from 1909-1915 awarded to Leo Baekland, Fritz Haber, Robert Le Rossignol, Carl Bosch, Alwin Mittasch, Hans Wolf, Frans Lappe, and Wilhelm Wild. The third folder contains patents dated from 1869-1925 awarded to various scientists.

This is a collection of files consisting of both original notes and photocopies of previously published materials assembled by Richard H. Schallenberg as an aid to him in his composition of the posthumously published 1982 book Bottled Energy: Electrical Engineering and the Evolution of Chemical Energy Storage.