Ia faaauau pea le faitauina o lenei palakalafa - Na maua e Sprague le pine auro i Pale i le Faaaliga Faavaomalo o le Eletise
i le 1889, o le taui sili i le Louisiana Purchase Exposition i le 1904, o le Elliott Cresson Medal i le 1904, ma le Edison Medal o le American Institute of Electrical Engineers (nei o le Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), mo "mea lelei na ausia i le eletise faasaienisi, inisinia ma faatufugaga e pei ona faataʻitaʻia i ana saofaga i ai" i le 1910.