Steve Rockwell Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 This image is the one that started the whole series, a fan which I was researching, of which I located a pic which led to the other photos. In cases where the fan isn’t so hard to name or just too distinctive in appearance, I’ll likely post just a partial image to make the task a bit more of a challenge… Images courtesy of miSci The Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Wow, Steve, is this one going to be the stump-all? Thumbed through my "Antique Mechanical Fans" book and didn't even find a maybe. Next will be, the two volume, "American Fan Patents" books. And if that fails, plan three, "The Evolution of Electromechanical Engineering." Edited June 5, 2022 by Jim Kovar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Fifteen of Eighteen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 No takers? Once I post the other excerpts, I know there will be recognition even without the entire image... This probably doesn't amount to much of a tip, but it was the designer/inventor that most interested me, though the manufacturer... also someone to reckon with. In the past I questioned whether the attribution was correct, but have since learned positively, no doubt about the designer and the time frame... Photo 7 Feb 1893. Example(s) exist..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve Rockwell Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 Jim Kovar again, on the money..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Steve Rockwell said: Jim Kovar again, on the money... A cash prize? À la,... Rocky's"a shiny new quarter,"I hope not! Edited June 7, 2022 by Jim Kovar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Kovar Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 A spanner pan head screw? Who'da'ver thunk it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 Zoom out a click or two, and all I think we're seeing is a thumb screw... But are you perhaps thinking what those marks are, same as me? (They won't show in the photo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Steve Rockwell said: ...what those marks are?... Pre-SAE bolt grade ID marks? Common SAE bolt designations. Edited June 7, 2022 by Jim Kovar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Or maybe,... merely theartist's rendition of lightinterference patterns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve Cunningham Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Fort Wayne? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) 1879 Rochester Directory Bradley Alonzo, removed from city Bradley Charles S. removed from city ———— 1880 Census Avon, Livingston Co., NY Alonzo Bradley 65 MA MA MA Farmer Sallie V. 65 MA MA MA Keeping House Charles S. 27 NY MA MA Emma O. 23 IL NY NY Olive M. 3 NY NY NY Alonzo B. 5/12 NY NY NY ———— 1883 NYC Directory Bradley Charles S. insp. h.1191 Third av. ———— 1884 NYC Directory Bradley Charles S. lawyer, 64 Morse bldg.. h Yonkers, NY ———— 1886 1886 City Directory Yonkers, Westchester Co., NY Bradley C. S. electrician, h 61 Buena Vista av Bradley Electric Power Co. W.C. Dreyer, Pres. room 75, 145 Nassau, factory, river ———— 1888 City Directory Yonkers, Westchester Co., NY Bradley Charles S., superintedent Bradley Electric Power Co, h 61 Buena Vista ———— 1889 1890 1891 City Directory Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., IN Charles S. Bradley, engineer Ft Wayne Electric Co, bds 103 W Berry ———— 1891 City Directory New York, New York Co., NY Charles S. Bradley electrician, 63 B’way ———— 31 Mar 1895 New York World 1900 Census New York, New York Co., NY C.S. Bradley 47 Apr 1853 NY NY NY Elect. Co. Pres. E.O. 43 Feb 1857 IL NY NY A.B. 20 Jun 1880 NY NY IL At School M.E. 17 Feb 1883 NY NY IL At School ———— 1903 Niagara Falls Directory Bradley Charles S., pres. Atmospheric products Co. 51-53 Gluck bld., res. N.Y. City ———— 1910 Census Manhattan, New York Co., NY Charles S. Bradley 57 NY MA NJ Elec. Engineer- General Practice Emma O. 54 IL NY NY Alonzo B. 30 NY NY IL Elec. Engineer- General Practice 34 y. married; 4 children, 4 living 260 W. 76th St. ———— 1920 Census Manhattan, New York Co., NY Charles S. Bradley 66 NY MA NJ Inventor Laboratory Emma O. 62 IL NY NY W. 71st St. ———— http://www.afcaforum.com/view_topic.php?id=14404 Regarding the Dec 1, 1885 patent date (I find no Charles Bradley patent), my list of possibile electrical patents for that date consists in US331502 for an armature, US331552 for a regulator, or US331726 for a dynamo electric machine, my (unproven) choice. Edited June 9, 2022 by Steve Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 More Fort Wayne History/Info http://www.afcaforum.com/view_topic.php?id=44294 http://www.afcaforum.com/forum1/48346.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve Rockwell Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) One of the biggest of all names among US innovative electrical developers... now barely recognized..... Edited August 30, 2022 by Steve Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Feb 1911 Popular Electricity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Rockwell Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 1916 National Cyclopedia of Biography Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) Yet another great AC thinkerwho had a brief stint workingfor (and then quitting) Edison. Edited September 1, 2022 by Jim Kovar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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