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Title	Brush Electric Invitation to Illumination of Public Square
Subject	Science and Technology Ohio Government Inventions Electric lighting--Arc Street lights
Place	Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	This invitation from the Telegraph Supply Company invites the members of the Cleveland City Council and Mayor Russell Rensselaer Herrick to witness a demonstration of the Brush Electric Light. "Accepted" is noted in the lower left corner, indicating that members of the council planned to attend the ceremony. The demonstration was the first time electric lights were used to illuminate a street. The one-page invitation is 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). Scientist and inventor Charles Francis Brush (1849-1929) was born in Euclid, Ohio. He 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 over fifty inventions throughout his career. Brush's open coil-type dynamo is known as a predecessor to the modern generator. His arc lamp, which was used to light streets and large spaces, became one of the most widely used lamps in the United States. The Brush Electric Company was formed in Cleveland in 1880. In 1891 it merged with the Edison General Electric Company to become General Electric Company.
Creator	Stockly, G.W.
Date of Original	April 28, 1879
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	Cleveland City Council Archives
Type	Text; 04/28/1879
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om1318_1048706_001
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Full Text	[Printed stationary header] From the Telegraph Supply Company April 28th 1879 To His Honor the Mayor & The City Council & Officers of the City of Cleveland Gentlemen, You are respect- fully invited to be present at the park on tuesday Apr 29th to witness its illumination by the Brush Electric Light, the light will be started precisely at 8 o'clock Yours Respectfully G.W. Stockly Vice-Prest Telegraph Supply Co Accepted

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