Subj : Today in History - 1869
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From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 05:27:13

1 June 1869 - THOMAS EDISON PATENTS HIS VERY FIRST INVENTION: a voting
machine meant for Congress.

According to Rutgers University’s Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, the
22-year-old inventor might’ve been inspired to design the device after
newspaper reports announced that both the New York state legislature and
the city council of Washington, D.C., were investigating means of
automating their ballot process. At the time, legislators voted by
calling out "Yea" or "Nay" (or something of that nature), and a clerk
jotted down their responses one by one.

Edison’s "electrographic vote-recorder" had the names of all the voters
listed twice: in a "Yes" column on one side, and a "No" column on the
other. When a person flipped a switch to indicate their vote, the
machine would transmit the signal through an electric current and mark
their name in the corresponding column, while keeping track of the total
tally of votes on a dial. After everyone had voted, an attendant would
place a sheet of chemically treated paper on top of the columns and
press down on it with a metallic roller, imprinting the paper with the
results.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Mrs. Edison’s Old Fashion Recipe for Mina's Deviled Crab
 Categories: Seafood, Dairy, Vegetables
      Yield: 4 servings

    1/3 c  Butter
      1 ts Dried mustard
      1 tb A-P flour
      1 tb Worcestershire sauce
      2 lg Eggs
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Cream
      2 c  Crab meat
    1/2 c  Celery & little red peppers;
           - if desired

  Cream butter and add flour, mustard and blend together;
  then add everything else. Put cream in last with the
  crab meat and be sure to blend them well before putting
  them in shells. Sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs and
  bake in moderate oven until brown.

  RECIPE FROM: https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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.... "I am not anti-meat. I just love fruits and vegetables" -- Curtis Aikens

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