Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi - He maha hoki ngā wā i tukua e Edison ki a ia te kawenga mō ngā kaupapa motuhake. I te tau 1879, i haere ia ki Rānana ki te tirotiro i nga mahi hangarau o te Edison Telephone Company o Great Britain, engari i mate ia i reira ka hoki ki Menlo Park. E rua tau i muri mai, ka whakauruhia e Batchelor he tauira o te teihana rama hiko mo te 1881 International Exposition of Electricity
i Parīhi. I noho a Batchelor ki reira mo nga tau e toru e whai ake nei hei kaiwhakahaere mo nga kamupene rama hiko a Edison i whakatuhia ki Parani.