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Charles W. Batchelor (December 25, 1845-January 1, 1910) was an inventor and close associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison during much of Edison’s career. He was involved in some of the greatest inventions and technological developments in history. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. ...
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Charles Batchelor was born on Christmas Day, 1845, and raised in Manchester, England. In 1870, while working for a textile equipment manufacturer, he was sent to the United States to install some equipment in a Newark, New Jersey textile factory. At this time, Thomas Edison’s main laboratory and shop were also located in Newark. The two met, and at age 22, Charles Batchelor formed a working relationship with Edison that would last for years, later moving with him to Menlo Park, New Jersey. 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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Charles Batchelor became one of Edison's closest laboratory assistants and business partners during the 1870s and 1880s. He assisted Edison with some of his most important projects in the fields of telegraphy, telephony, the phonograph, and electric lighting. Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ...
A gifted experimenter, he was Edison's "hands," testing, tinkering with, and improving the models and apparatus built for Edison by John Kruesi. In 1873, Edison named his friend "Batch" as "chief experimental assistant". Together Batchelor and Edison would come up with prospective products. 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Edison also frequently entrusted him with responsibility for special projects. In 1879, he went to London to supervise technical operations of the Edison Telephone Company of Great Britain, but he was taken ill there and returned to Menlo Park. Two years later Batchelor installed a model of an electrical lighting station for the Paris Electrical Exposition of 1881. Batchelor stayed in Paris for the next three years as manager of the Edison electric light companies that were established there. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ...
It was Edison’s practice to give his key assistants shares in his companies and to let them invest in the business ventures that resulted from their inventive activity. Along with other Edison assistants such as Samuel Insull, John Kruesi, Francis Upton, and Edward H. Johnson, Batchelor was an investor in Edison manufacturing enterprises, beginning with the Edison Electric Light Company (1878), and continuing with the Edison Lamp Company (1880), the Edison Machine Works (1881), which Batchelor managed between 1884 and 1888, and the Edison General Electric Company (1888). It was through their positions as both investors in, and employees of, these concerns that Edison and his men derived much of their income. Samuel Insull (1859 – July 16, 1938) was a capitalist who was primarily known in Chicago, Illinois for purchasing utilities and railroads. ...
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In 1887, when Edison relocated his experimental laboratory to West Orange, New Jersey, Batchelor supervised the construction of the buildings. Later, Batchelor became Treasurer and General Manager of the General Electric Company (which succeeded the Edison General Electric Company in 1892). The General Electric Company grew to become on of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the United States. 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...
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Following his retirement from General Electric, Batchelor returned in 1899 to assist Edison with his ill-fated ore milling project. After the failure of the ore-refining business (in which he was a large investor), Batchelor left Edison’s employ to pursue work elsewhere. He traveled with his wife Rosanna and their daughters, worked selling securities, and eventually became president of Taylor Foundry Company. 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Charles Batchelor died on New Year's Day in 1910.
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