Man Born in 1860 Talks About Working in 1879

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1:48 Francis Jehl Speaking

This is a video of Francis Jehl (September 6, 1860 - February 11, 1941) speaking in 1932 about working as a lab assistant with Thomas Edison in 1879. Before working there, he studied chemistry at Cooper Union at night and worked as an assistant for Grosvenor P. Lowrey. Mr. Lowrey was a founder of both the Edison Electric Light Company and the first Edison company in New York. In 1882, Jehl went to Europe to introduce the Edison light system in the various European countries.