Carl Auer Von Welsbach Letter
name: label: Author
content: Welsbach, Carl Auer von, Baron
label: Donor
content: Forscher, Frederick
label: Names
content: Austrian Gas and Electric Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Chemists -- 1880-1900 -- Austria
label: Topic
content: Inventors -- 1880-1900
label: Topic
content: Gas light fixtures -- 1880-1900 -- Austria
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Frederick Forscher, December 19, 1991.
creator: label: Author
content: Welsbach, Carl Auer von, Baron
label: Donor
content: Forscher, Frederick
abstract: label: Summary
content: One letter written by Carl Auer von Welsbach to the Austrian Gas and Electric Company. The letter is written in German.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach was born in Vienna, September 1858. He studied at the Vienna Polytechnic and at Heidelberg. In 1885 he patented an incandescent gas mantle which gave gas a new lease on life for illumination in the face of growing competition from electricity. He sold the patent to the Austrian Gas and Electic Company in 1890. Welsbach died August 1929.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1890
container: label: Container
content: Box 1 (Shared box)
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Donor's maternal grandmother was chief accountant for the Austrian Gas and Electric Company, and the letter was part of her estate.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0438
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Craig Orr, 1991
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1880-1900 -- Austria
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letter, written by Carl Auer Von Welsbach to the Austrian Gas and Electric Company, February 23, 1890. It records his sale to that utility of the gaslight mantle he invented.