Lloyd W. Esther Taylor and Bliss Papers RG 30/97 Subgroup - - PDF document

Lloyd W. and Esther Bliss Taylor Papers RG 30/97 Subgroup l. Lloyd W. Taylor $eries 1. Correspondence (sent and received) Subseries 1. Professional Correspondence, A-7, 1921-1949

Slides

• Smith,

T. T.

.ft#u Ls*

Fery tnrly ycurnr

T"F[#

'S4 !.+' dohn*n St*r'Sumnt-wt

Gentl.sme*l : , ,, lFe ,f,Fe .hE!trIr-r6l ts Fsr, qF Slf#.eeegqrn t+ ' ftrwtr *d SwgtilIrr'Se H F€S*Sls *.qrree

• f Lrif,orum*

ttro ffi ths alrtf4#ty sf arffi

• ld traatern

sl':[dee* Swp ef tfise boarn oft f, red IabI, E.ffime #* ftr.esrr & So'.1r sEl, Sptfeiat*e, fire$tffr+ s[*r Ptritradelpilrtar Fare frfietrt +qy {Sarpelrf,ef; &.Sectl.ffr H Regent St"1 'Lmfun** $ti.H t$lres's HFs rFrcn il* B. Otlanberlelree

'-:. rH m.efr{stlnge ,ftss tr roud* diffi$eft}ne fgilr by eowa ir$iean wtth e. cf,reullar Etrlcrtuire abtlrt,.

throa -t*e*rg't: figr rtjlanEft+ir" . B|s slldse ubne apparent]y uefro bsftrt tlnu dsys ff photaeffi,sfqyo rer ffi€ilr flFs. . al.l. hafiit drttse *rr* eolonsf,.

i"'li'l'

&* ffi* Tqrtrof EIfi*

ED\MARD PENNOCK

enl Jl- #A'

June 15, 1988.

Oberlln 0o11ege, Attentton prof ,IlrW.Tey1or, Depertnent of Fhyal.oa, ttbenlln,0h1o. Dean mlends Your lnqutny of the lpth hae been nefenned, !-o-re !y oun frlend the Oray fnstrrruent Company

• f

thls glty, and. to the best of ny horrledge biaed. on e 1lr'u+f-y*rlsar resollsc#.lqn

• f thc oateloguec sf

Jamea W"Queen &".conFanyrlncludtng thetr eeteloguo of *T+Elc Lentcrns" end lantern altdes, rould looa--te the gl!{ee ynr nentlon, told by thennet-erorurd t868 to 1875, eLthougfr I heve no oatelogue to refer to et pre.serrt At that ttne I rnr a boy Lnterested, in

• _ptloal, i.nstrrilsent

s, -hay{n_g boughi uy flrat nr.oroeoope abnrt 1870" Iaten tn 1877 I entereE tnc!^r enplo,y, tn the niorogospe depertnent. Of oouree the slidee nay be olden than the above lnforuetlon rotrld lndloate;-f aannot BBf,r He5n*x thrt. thr lnforntlotr

• onveyad rry

bc of sore BE€s aa I hou,.?oegr.$a}f,, thet the ffum- Deffi et thet ti.ne was Jrnet W.ttuecn & Omlnuy, !9_{ Ctrestnut St. y ?fiTLe. ff we cen be of any furthcr sonvLoe to yorr et ray tlm, do not hesltat+,, to let uE how. ' Ver.y respeotfuJ.ly,

Edwand"W*nq

• 0ct. 24, 193B

• 'r lel'rtjqi;

• rrr.rr;1.

• l. t\r:

• 1) I u,.orrl

• r..:r.r.iar.;

• r,'i::

• f the e;ttent

• f t-.1'e

• l

• F. rri:ir jli e

• li. t,-i.,:l,L

• -1

• iictrn. ;+d.

NoRTEA;ffi'N.i"i#u.1i"srrrs

December 4, 1959 Frofeesor Lloyd. W. Taylor, Oherltn Collegel 0berllns 0hior Dear Hr. faylorr When I vrctE to you reoently about the allsgad. need,

• f eharptrlg a tmmBet

u-hen

• playad. off-etage

f doubted rhether thr effeet of Intenaity

• n ptteh uould. elr;rlalu the
• bservatlon thot wes raportod to you.

f an EtIII dubloua ebout lts but eu -- '*E+r uonderlng uhether tt ls poesible that tt u*y expleln lt. You e,re probebly feulllar ulth thtr affeet- See Hertey Fleteher, Jounn, Acoust. $oc'

• 6, SS (feg+); A. T. Joneas
• im. Fhyalcr Teacher,

E, I5g (rggr) I s. $. stsveuer Journ, Acouet. $oc.

E, tso (tsss).

Ehe off*st*ge trumpetef ls c.:IosE to the t'rumpets Bo ttlat tf he pleyn sonewhet Ioudly the ptteh

• f hlt

trrrnpst nn.y Eess fle'ttsr to hln than to tho audlcnee. IIo tbereforc rooda to play the note ao that lt te6ms to hln a ltttle aharB Ho s,B to eonpensatc for thla cffeet. frJections to thtt explnnatlon *111

• ecnr to youl but I an paeelug lt
• n for rhatoter

you nrrqy thtnk lt worth. Chs'lmen of the Daperturent

• F. FREEMAN

Snrrrrr aNr) Fnrcmn'r.e.x

• Apnll B, 1989.

Frofessor Lloyd W. Taylor, Department of Physlee, 0berlln Collego, 0berlln, 0hlo. Dear Mr. Taylonl fn Ohlcago last week Don Sweet told me you had wr.ltten hlm Ln r"egard" to a petent attonney, and that he hed reeommended

We shall be very glad to take sare of any matter whlch you may see flt to refer to ug.

• F. FREEMAN

• E. SvyTT|f

• lrd. ALBR.ECET

• E. \ryEIDTVIAI\

Svrrru ANrl FnnrcManc

June 8, 1931.

• Dr. Ll-oyd Taylor,

Physlcs Departnentr 0ber11n Colleger 0berllnn 0h1o. Dear SI.rl Your na$e has been glven ma by Up. D.H.Sweet of C$.cego as that of a nan hlghly skilled- in optlcs. I have on file a sult for a clJ.ent reratlng to autonobLle headlights. the FuJ.t ts golng to requlre, to stert wlth, a deftnlte neasurlng and etrartlng of the irght flelf,s Fro* duced by several headltght assenbLles; and later the ex- Flanatlon to the Canrt of certaln f\rndamentql prlnclples

• f optlcs, whleh w111 of eourse also neeessitate expl"aln-

lne to the Gourt varlous patents and the dlstlngrrlshlng eharaeterlstJ.e of each. I donrt suppose Lt posslble that you will have had any experLence J.a patents or patent expbrtlng. In a technlcal subJeet Ilke optics lt ls unusual. to find both praetlcal aqd patent experlence. However, I worrld ltke to knowl

(1) whether you and ehartlng

tbe faclllties for measurlng lntensltles

• f ltght pro-

have the

dueed by dlfferent autonobtle headlasps ln dLfferent parts of the fleld

• f eaeh;

(e) whether you have had any experience ln arly Court proceedlng; (5) what would be your per dlen eharge for doLng thls work. If your replles to questlons 1 aad 6 are favorabLe I thtnk I shsil glve nyself the pleasure of drlvlng donn to 0ber11n sonetLme this week to nake your acqua*ntanaerto ex- arulne your equipnent, dLseuss the devlces and patents wlth your and generally to lay plans.

ffiSrFffi

• E. EIT'SETT

• T4. ALBRECET

Sprrrrr ANr) Fnnpue,u

Jrrl-y P, 19ff1.

• Dr. t. 1[. Taylor,

Peters Eallr 0ber11n Co]leger uberlinr Ohio. Dear Dr. Taylorr I enclose herewith a please hand to whatever member you thtnk ntght have equLpnent thereln

• utllned.

letter

• f lnqulry whlch
• f your phystes department

for perfor-mtng the tests Not a great deal of equlptsent wii-l be necessary; th6 question l"s frankly whether the gaJne is worth the candl-e. *,'If thls test ean be nade not too expensJ.vely I fan get an authorlzatlon for the work. If lt is going to cost nore than the present probhble value of the patent rLghts nothlng will be done. f telL you frankly that I doubt ny abtllty to get an authorlzation for more than StS.00 a day for tlne actually spent, but wlth a guarantee of SE0,O0 ninl_nun and payrnent for arry apparatus requlred. Indeed I believe that you personally are entirely aF+g and equlpped to do this and rnake th.at uubh nore money whl-le you are hanglng around thls sunmer. Very IIE$ rtrX[B

July E, LgSI. the problen ls the effect

• f dLfferent

externar netal1lg coatLngs on the l-ongevlty of fnse _wlres, _ E__ fuse rlres

• f equal size w-tll

be taken. All 1111 be cut to equal 1engths and pro- vlded wlth terninals slnllarly and adeqiately fait- ened. The netal of the frrses-wtll. be plure l-ead. $lx of the fuses rtll have coatings of-dlfferent netal.s plated thereon and two Left bare. the reslstance of alt the fuses wtil be measured and recorded. Seven of the ftrses (teavtng

• ne naked firse a$ a check)

rtLl be attached tn paFar- ler tn a eontlnuous euruent of srrffLelent latensity to heat the same to a fal.rly elevated tenperature ior qxanple B50o C. and left runntng untlL one or rnore burns out, and readtngs of the reeLstarree of each fuse bgfne taken dally so long as any ilatly change In reslstance can be observed.; You eLready have the necessary fbeetgtpnB

• brldge. equlpnent turcludtng ntrror

gaLvaironeter ( f saw adhrsonval when f was there). you w111 prodably have a varieble transformer by whtch the necessary cument can be obtained. AIl that you rtll need i'fff be-a frame.by neans of wh1.ch the wlres cen be supported, snd corurected. slnuJ.taneousry to the eurrent souree or lnd"epend.ently of the brldge clrcul.t.

HE$tFE

Fjf^*.nor-n Er-nto Snrrtrr

Decenber I9, 1931.

• Prof. Vri.
• L. Taylor,

Peters IIaII, Ober1in, 0hio. Dear Prof. Taylorr Thanlr,s for your letter

• f December

lgth. I,am transnitting to Dr. Wood your letter rellative to ex'oenses and services. rnasmu.ch as r have no eomplete record of- the finan- cial transaction this reans nothing to me. I donrt know quite rnhat you nrean by trthe time that r came to clevel-and for-the trlal-il. you tverb 1n cleveland December I and- I re_turning to Ofosr1in at night, also a,rrivlrrg in Clevelanu the afternoon of Decernber 10 vrher6 you remained* constantly until the evening of Deceniber l,bth. Il,ty personal vlew ls that you should receive $tn.Oo per cay for becenrber B, 9, 10, IP gnct 15, "c.nd Sb0.00 ptrr d.ay-for Dbcennber 11r L4, and l-5. I believe tiris to be falr to hroth you and Dr. lVood- and to comply with ori-glnal suggestions. I feel that the $1e.S0 per da.y at urhich the re- muneratien was charrged priar to this time is also probably fair r,';hen all things are taken into consideratlon. Thtb sum ib not sufficiently large for a man of your trai-nlng, and experience as a general rule, but r figure that conslderlng youi' lack of previous training and experlenee ln patent matterb and court nattersr c,onsidering tire increasecr a-lount of tlme which l.su were therehy coinpelled to expend on the case over that wnicrr woufd have been rgQulred by one having_more ad.vanced experlence, and considering the education along thls line whlch you- have received as a result

• f thls

transaction th.e sum named 1s prob- ably as nearly correct as hrrman abillty can achieve. I wlsh to say again that you did as nearly perfect a job experting as I have ever seen. The .]udge believed every word you sald, opposing expert coufe not find a single feature

• f which to complaln and opposing counsel tr*a,ted you llke

d;rnamlte ' I think lt quite likelv that the result

• f this ex-

perience you have had -(partlculai'1y if ttre Court shall be iotndeO. to find for the

• ^plaintiff

a-s now seems }lkely) wlII be to bring other business to you. In such case I woul-d recommend thet yoil charge $es.oo a oay for preparation at home, t'50.00 per day for work al,vay froli homer flrrd {FZE.OO per day in eourt.

• Prof. L. !t. Taylor - #2

As regards the couposite and other photogra.Fhsr lt might be a good plan, in adciition to the compositer to run

• ther photographs showlng indlvidua-l

il-lurination as vras shown to the Court, although I frankly think the composite r,rril-l- be the best. I{ES r FMB VerV truly I

/fu

yours t

Ifa.nor-u Er-nro Snnrrrr

Fqerp Bruest Hatah Wllhtne, #t+rlfn SoLX.e6er Sho,nlf.np Shl,oq sflf* at tho lnpr*raion r*ado by Prof,. L,-fi* Esriei

• f, yotrr

F14gs1*s Dopartuaen-4, {tto r.*cenbly vrr* $u kI.nfl es tb teefi.f}' efr.etp.Brt for qr ellmnt lE e plrtmt eqrLt ralattng te Autsmohll+ Eeadli.gtrt* rssently brr.Ed i.n Ferterer Sourt hrnsr fr.r qurst{a*E at tsffir* conrgrnrd nufts}ou$ qua*tfm*r qs behntl,or of parnboils sxsd

• ther .rgfJ.aetoru rmudr dff*

farm.t aondtt*onr of a$nr$s*posl.tfcu, Ionm*nMdf,lo*ttmp nunf, rfdht*dj"*trLbut'fiary.questilnns co ;]bstruss thqt aysfr] sem sup.pos*blr ehJ"l}srl ts the art hev# not undarstpsf, ltr*l_r sssffsrfll yet Fsofr ss lsr Exp-Lrrined md *emgrretryateil the carcnt$al,fnots $,nwxrad ua sl,*mxy md off*stlvoly $o tba c+urt tuq* tlre .rudge 1*, of csurse, not e ssLtrrttfl.c nrn) aa asrwd alcrriy to tnstruet the Bourt l.n a trr;re and f,rf,ho$sff ffifififigr au rugnrcle ths nefanttr.ffc pntnEinlas J-n qurutiury anrl ulso to rafegnnnil the srurt, fi'on fity f$lue ci*clr:i.rl*,r Thp rlsferentle whl.ah {[re #rurt pal.d to- Frof,i fttrIerts ansertlonr nnfi the onra rtth *rriru oppost-ue uuunsrl- f$rabsr+ t+ crn***efffiilfJre ht$ sr rn nny wny sb-eonbeet htu agagrtt*ng sn^s rtsry gtr gn[#-sant* Ilteembtr S*p IS5tr. IerT respectfullyr geen nad, *onristl,*uts

Ssstflos I omtsidc nga*I"f, fntrXtr eqtll,pped to pa*n tufleffisstt hea*us* nf, W uueu+eg$-ys slipsslhrmds in tlr+ Sftf st ss Dop*rtmcnt of, F*rtuoqth Gollrgs, in tha u. s* su.rc*u of $tgp46priu, enet Ln the U* S. ,SetGErt frfflce prlor ts und,ar* taktng th'* aettve praetl.ee of Faternt Law. - r esnd.der I{oFt frglgg- tJnp nopt proml-oing e*pmt i"n cnssr i,nrul'v$.ng Itght nnd tllumtnatlon Euertt+rnr tFrnt f hrvc rv6r tbat hle frequwrt eruploynr+nt l.g Etilrj e*r$ocLtH $rtll ss sso+lLeot raprcsontattou f,os Obsrl{B- C$llcgr* S+sfflos

a$ftl{tfl

flnnor-n Er,rro Snrrtrr

![ay 6, 19SP. frof . Lloyd. IY. Taylor, Peters Hall, 0ber11n, 0h1o. I{y dear Prof. faylor: 6,rr

• lld

you hear the bad news? Ehe Judge d,r.snr.ssed the El+r-of courprallt

• n the ground that clalms-r

and s are not infringed *n4 crains F and 6 are invalid ror wani or l"vEn;

tlon. r encrose herewlth a carbon copy or nri oprni"" whlch r would be gl?d to have you retirin after ybu fiave read Lt. unfgr.tula.telx_ thls nea.ns that we have- got to appeal, en expense whLeh r had. hoped to be able to avold, or at least to hang on the othei sld.e, r an of course very much

• pleased. with ttre d,eclslon

$ the Judge so far as it pertal-ni to questlons of fact. wherever facts are eoncerned he seems io have hls feet rtght square on !h* ground, but so far as the law of patents ls concerned he is g! ylong_as wrong can be and. r nope t shall be able to sell the idea to the court of eppeais. I know- yolr ere going to be dlsappofnted in this, and it was a shock to me, but the more r- examlne hls

• plnion the less troubl-ed r aB, only r dld hope that you

night Fave the satLsfactlon of-credlttng a vlitory to' yourself on your flrst attempt.

• Remember

thls however! you are not responslble for the courtt s nlstakes of raw.- you are not rlsponsible for the fact as to whether the patentee made an iiventlon. You dtd=ysr*r pert sf the Job to-the Queenrs taste and it ls {ust tough luck that thls detracts somewhat fron yonr credlt ln the eyes of most tnen, but not in mr-ne nor thos-e of Dr.

• Iflood. r also wlsh to express the pleasure r have had ln
• ur personal contaets and hope that we rnay

have more of the same.

Yours falthfully, HES I RHTI

,1, au*V,*f *-,t J"- {* ,

fl), -.u-ott4, o) . ,,r,r ,)+t.+(-,rtt:- ,i, ,{,1, (0 r,, ,lL:,'::' +*."-,',-*on* 4o+''] iJ *,^., ' *or$ r^J;/,. ( Jt^,x

• .1

/ )

':/ I a--,ur '{*-* Clu ^-, t{,., t !.'t;,,-,:* 7,*r ,,*'!:'

tt u !.. fofrur.;r-. *it, y *-#--f

* L.rj" ,-t**I, .1 ro-r-{t

• ,,l**l_'a'

'6 d- b*"rfurr.,' ] '\.n,^-q fu't

• /:

i I/--lIt' :/** f*A,*J.,,o"-ot,

il"t^ ak +*rq ***J.'-

f/ o.,.,*, -*7+I ^-**-+-no

• ' irv*.P,*"*J*d

$sveuber tr6n tgSS

• Hfs. Hope shernan futth

S$IS Sslcrfldgp Hr*+fi Slpralnd HfiLghtsr Shl,ll try ilear Hrs. Snlth; *he Slractor

• f the goassrratory

te Frefessor f. g; shll*. .Anf illetttf il1r66,t*fi to htt tn eqr+ of 'tht $uilserYatery

• f sberltt

eellsgo rltrl be approprtratu, I uqs sstf,y ust to bg'tbI* ts spfitilsg $sBFthlEE te ths frettrre of an lurosdi.atn a&tion ot y6ur suf;Spstt"oa that you, rsuld.ItEe ts her# a f$IFf,Bstntuttr+ of the floussrlsf,tory sal:[ at yeur house rtthtln thc n6xt day *r tro. **ng6e:s6r shar tslX.s Hsr housvrrr tbai ths senservatory Llbraay ts fai.lly comptrrte along the Llnee thst be tsaElusg aFB eotered by your muetsal ltbrary. EB tlitnhe tbfrt ther-e srs I nunber of the ennlJ-er son* eetrvatorles ln $hle rrho uoulrt stend ln censl,derably great*r n€+d ef thls qfitertal than ne f,o', but rtth s.u spxiaftnnl"ty to +xev* ctse selsctlss'I thlsrk he wtrtil be Elait, to ssnfl & rrsllrgsenta* tlve to look.6T6r yG$T Llbrary nevsf,theless*

Htth kind regnrdr, I eta Y€ry truly yoursr t.

• ff. flaylor

Frsfesstlr

• f Fhyalce

tlFf :JW

dffi

J*

fffin*

ffi

• # .t4

!;fijp *JJ

'f

(dr;

'r

#hl .*LU/)

• 1"^*

4.r-^l aA^,w{Ae fu" MiIi h n A

p^; il*tfu?

• Fr*"ffi

nA

• l

^. i U A ^ 'A

.r",,nie fur-,ffi1

• I

il rt '|

• rfr#eL

^*, ilJ -^"-'AX 4r,,*r I,*r #-

• mltf nd,ral**"

8,,N,I^u-p^,

• f the following

• f the fi.rst

• bJectlves

• utllne
• f obJectlveg which uny prove to be

• ne which I subrnitted to Dr, Dodgle

• ver lt that the tnnterial
• f ltelq I wllt

• f hours

• Dr. Dodgets idea wae that thls

• ne to be mde at the Atlantic

• f the courmlttee

• e. real etart.

( uinl:)

"9";;H"W

• f general physice.

• (1) Engineering

• r sollle of the aboYE.

• r B6x or whether or not they have

• f laboratorys

• ffered

• f hours of physics requireA#*itft

• f tho eoursee (eubJect

• nly ln general) and a list
• f the allled

• f the

• f the Arnerican Physical

• ne of the Educational

0berlln College Fandemla Ptryslcs Iesa-5$ The followlng }lst

• f reference books and the acconpanylng

schedule represent readlngs to be done ancl reported. on, each week throughout the year. Thls schedule 1s supplementary to the maln sched.ule alreacty provld,ed,, whlch announces the laboratory experiments ancl the weekly lecture tl.tLes i.n add.itlon to text asslgnments for the year. Letters 1n parentheses after the tltle

• f each book ln the

followlng llst lnitlcate the abbreviatlon usecl ln the schedule. FIve or more coples of every boolc llsted below, except the text, wlII be found. on the Fhysics Heserve Shelf ln the Ceneral Llbrary, The number is sufflclent to preolud.e any congestlon if the stud.ent wJ.II practice reasonable avold.ance of }ast-mlnute prepaTatlon. Heferences Concernlng the Nature of Thlngs (CNT) Bragg Problems of Phllosophy (PP) Cunntngham A Hlstory of Scienae (HS) Dampler The New Conceptlons of lub,tter (NCM) Darwin lvhkers of Sclence (MS) I{art Introd.uctlon to Refl.ective Thlnking (I.R.T.) Columbla Assoclates Ploneers of Selenco (fS1 Lodge This Meehanical l4rorld (TI!IW) Mott-Snith Relatlvlty and Sound. (R.S.) ttttrneograph A Survey of Fhyslcs (Text) Saund.ers IUatter and Snergy, To1. I (I/ffi) Wend.t & Sni.th

Text Chapters

4 5 B 6 I, r0 Itrle I9reO 2L rEE

Scheilule Reference

TMII1I P. S. TMIII P. S. fMW FS TMW TUIIY ME ME ME Hevlew

tds

MS IHT IRT Chapters or Pases Intro, I, II, III, IV

r, rr, rIr

V, VI, VII

rv, v, vr

YrII,IX,X,XI vII,YIII,IX

xIr, xIrI, xIV lfv, xvl, xvII

I, II, III

rv, v, vr

vII, VIIr, rX, X rrr, x, xrr,e84*288 xr, xIIr, xIV

I, II, IIT ff, VI, XIII 4 5 6 ? I I IO 11 TP 15

Week I4 I5 L7 }B I9 BO

et

EA E3

e4

es

B6 27 E8

e9

30 5I 32

s5

$4

s5

56

e

IS 14, I5 16rr? 1B RS RS

s0, $I 3A

ss

3+

$5

s6

37

Text Chapt ers

gg, sB,69

Reference

TfiE ME Revlew CNT

CI{r

H$ HS HS i$ HS NCM NCM NCM Heview NCM RS HS PP PP Revlew

z

Chapters or Paees XII, XIII, Xff XV, XVI, XVII, XVITI I, II, III

rT, v, vI eo*64,gE*lre rre-Ie4, 156-155, r58*1e4

806*865 VII IX Intro. I, II

rII' rv

V, VI vII, VIII 1*16 X

r, rI, Irr

rv, v, x

Septenber '{ } It}*$ Frofsss,lf ,J* T" Sffilth " Bree+ I*ho+at*ey' ; trJmiversity- o. l{ebr,ashe tlnesln, I{ebraska Dear $1r: I Eas gr+atJ.y lnterestsd l.n yffirr art.L+Ie

• appeerln6. *.bo,ut €r ysqtr ego I"n the X*urnnl $f the Sptf,oal

Soolety sn the u$Fot of tl,ght Re*fllng Fevtse for S**lva* ftaril#tsrsrn X wsnd.er lf you sr*n flpfln's Es reprlntr ef; thtt artl+le? rse qould uss tws here ln the lnhoratory Eo Serf go*S. effe*t* 'flhenklng yelr ln &dvanae, X affi

Taqy tr$ly ycftsr,B! LHTr fft