Batchelor, Charles
(1845–1910)
Batchelor, Charles (21 Dec 1845– 1 Jan 1910) British/American inventor, born in Dalston, near London. He went to the U.S. around 1870 as a representative of J.P. Coates, the Manchester thread manufacturer. He decided to remain in America, working for Thomas Edison from 1871 as a machinist and laboratory associate. He and Edison worked closely in telegraphy experiments during 1874–1875, then in developing the electric pen (mimeograph machine). The Edison establishment at Menlo Park, New Jersey…