Author & Lecturer, Park Benjamin, Jr., Autograph Letter Signed
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Author & Lecturer, Park Benjamin, Jr. (1849-1922) Autograph Letter Signed, “Park Benjamin” three page letter addressed to Frank W. Ballard regarding his request for Benjamin to give a lecture at the Young Men's Association in Chicago. Reference is also made regarding "our poor friend, Aldrich" referring to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American novelist & poet and his death. VF
Park Benjamin (1849–1922) was an American patent lawyer, physician, and writer. Benjamin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867 and published a book of his etchings of the academy that year. He resigned from the Navy, and after a year at law school was admitted to the New York Bar in 1870. He studied science at Union College and received his Ph.D. in 1877. Before completing his doctorate he was assistant editor of Scientific American (1872–78) and then editor-in-chief of Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics (1879–96). By the time Benjamin began working at Scientific American it had become more associated with the commercial side of science and patenting of inventions. He was editor when Edison brought in his phonograph to the Scientific American patent agency, and its uses were for the first time described in an 1877 issue. Both Edison and younger brother Dr. George Benjamin were contributors to Appleton's when P.B. began editing. Benjamin wrote three books on the history of electricity, one on the Voltaic cell and one on the U.S. Naval Academy.
Park Benjamin (1849–1922) was an American patent lawyer, physician, and writer. Benjamin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867 and published a book of his etchings of the academy that year. He resigned from the Navy, and after a year at law school was admitted to the New York Bar in 1870. He studied science at Union College and received his Ph.D. in 1877. Before completing his doctorate he was assistant editor of Scientific American (1872–78) and then editor-in-chief of Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics (1879–96). By the time Benjamin began working at Scientific American it had become more associated with the commercial side of science and patenting of inventions. He was editor when Edison brought in his phonograph to the Scientific American patent agency, and its uses were for the first time described in an 1877 issue. Both Edison and younger brother Dr. George Benjamin were contributors to Appleton's when P.B. began editing. Benjamin wrote three books on the history of electricity, one on the Voltaic cell and one on the U.S. Naval Academy.
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