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Rh by the city of Philadelphia for the invention of the graphophone. As inventor in connection with the photophone and the graphophone he has taken out twenty-four patents.

He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a member of the Cosmos club of Washington, District of Columbia. He early belonged to the Republican party and has never changed his party allegiance. Books and papers on physics, optics, acoustics, electricity and mechanics are his favorite and most helpful reading. Billiards, pool and travel are his modes of recreation and relaxation. His own personal preference led him to choose scientific invention as his particular field of labor; and "private study and contact with active minded men" he has found to be the strongest factors in his success. He says, "if I had my life to live over again, I would certainly commence with a scientific course in some technical school."

He was married to Lila R. Monroe, June 22, 1886.