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Title	Brush System of Electric Lighting Pamphlet
Subject	Science and Technology Inventions Inventors Street lights Electric lighting--Arc
Place	Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	In this pamphlet, inventor Charles F. Brush describes his system of electric lighting. It is 27 pages long and measures 5.75" x 9" (14.61 x 22.86 cm). Scientist and inventor Charles Francis Brush (1849-1929) was born in Euclid, Ohio. Brush became interested in physics and chemistry as a student at Cleveland High School and earned his mining engineering degree from the University of Michigan in 1869. He returned to Cleveland, where he patented more than fifty inventions during the course of his career. Brush's open coil-type dynamo is known as a predecessor of the modern generator. In 1878, Brush invented the arc lamp, which was used to light streets and large spaces. It became one of the most widely-used lamps in the United States. Many of Brush's experiments were conducted in the basement laboratory of his Euclid Avenue home. The Brush Electric Company was formed in Cleveland in 1880. In 1891 the company merged with the Edison General Electric Company to become General Electric Company. After the merger, Brush retired from the business world to focus on his experiments and philanthropic work. He was a founder of the Case School of Applied Science and a trustee of Western Reserve University and received dozens of honorary degrees and awards for his work. Brush died in Cleveland on June 15, 1929. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
Creator	Brush, Charles F.
Date of Original	September, 1879
Collection	Charles F. Brush Collection http://www.cwru.edu/UL/SpecColl/Brush/Brush.htm (for more information on the Charles F. Brush Collection)
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Case Western Reserve University
Type	Text; 1879
Format	book

Title	Om56_1136673_073
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om56_1136673_073.tif
Image Height	5445
Image Width	3624
File Size	5754.889 KB
Full Text	The Brush Electric Light.

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