Charles Grafton Page Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Page, Charles Grafton, 1812-1868
label: Donor
content: Poinier, Lois W.
topic: label: Topic
content: Inventors
label: Topic
content: Electromagnetism
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content: Electricity
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content: Inventions
label: Topic
content: Electromagnets
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated by Lois Wodell Poinier, a descendant of Charles Grafton Page, 2006.
creator: label: Creator
content: Page, Charles Grafton, 1812-1868
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content: Charles Grafton Page Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Papers relate to American inventor Charles Grafton Page, an early developer of electromagnetic machinery.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Grafton Page was born on January 25, 1812 in Salem, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree in science from Harvard University (1832), and a medical degree (1836).  In 1838, Page moved to Washington, D.C. where he practiced medicine and taught medicine at Columbian College (now George Washington University).  During the late 1830s and 1840s, Page experimented with electricity and specifically with electromagnetism. Page developed an induction coil in 1836 and a self-acting circuit breaker and a primitive electric locomotive, which had a trial run in 1850. In 1841, Page was appointed Examiner of Electricity at the United States Patent Office. He left the Patent Office in 1852 to start is own business, returned in 1861 where he remained until his death in 1868. Page died on May 5, 1868, in Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 oversize folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1844-1870
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0933
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Correspondence
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content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Divided into three series.

Series 1, Correspondence, 1844-1970

Series 2, Writings and drawings, undated

Series 3, Publications, 1846-1868.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, November 2006.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These papers were created by Charles Grafton Page. The bulk of the papers relate to invention matters about electro magnetic engines (1844); axial galvanometer (1846); magnetic axial pump (1848); and electro dynamic axial engine (undated).