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Charles John Reed III (06/28/1858 04/13/1933) was a mineralogist and inventor. His work in these fields earned him the John Scott Medal in 1906 for his speed-jack as well as the opportunity to work with Thomas Edison in 1890. He would later establish Reed Zinc Company Incorporated and Reed Reduction Company in San Francisco. Reed was born to Thomas Miller Reed and Julia A. Thomas in Jasper Co., Iowa. In Burlington, Iowa on September 9, 1886, he married Mary J. Crawford. They would have three children: Jay Demming, Mollie C., and Chas. J. Reed. In Burlington, Reed worked as a professor at Burlington High School from about 1884 to 1899. While working as a professor he would patent at least 3 inventions, these being for magnetic separators, a battery, and battery applications. Business and personal correspondence, Thomas Edison letters, photos, stock certificates. Reed, C. J. Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library. California State Library, California History Room
Type
text
Extent
2 manuscript boxes ; 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 3 in.
Identifier
(C)001581696CSL01-Aleph (OCoLC)959297712
Language
English
Subject
Reed, Charles John Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva),, 1847-1931 Burbank, Luther,, 1849-1926 Jordan, David Starr,, 1851-1931 Correspondence Documents Patents Photographs
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