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Notebook Series -- Notebooks by Other Experimenters -- Chemical Experiments -- Edison Chemical Works Experiment Books [not selected]:
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These nine notebooks, which cover the years 1912-1919, contain information on experiments performed at the Edison Chemical Works by superintendent Charles F. (Frank) Hunter and other employees working closely with Hunter, including George M. Darby, Andrew C. Ericksen, Zachariah P. Halpin, Charles A. Lanreigh, and Harry C. Leonard. Included are notes on various numbered experiments, many involving the preparation and testing of numbered batches of chemicals. Some of the experiments pertain to the chemicals used in Edison ventures such as battery production and disc record composition. The books by Hunter include some administrative notes, but they do not form a part of the daily record in the C. F. Hunter subgroup.

N-Number Labels and Inscriptions on Front Cover
[additional information supplied by the editors appears in brackets]
Books Not Selected
12-08-14"Aug 14 - 12 -- May 6 13. Experiments 1584 to 1725"
12-09-16.1"Experiments on Distillation of Pitch, stearic acid, Parolite"
13-04-28"Geo M Darby Experiments April - 13 - April 15"
14-05-27"Experiments 1929 to 2159 May, 27/14 to Oct, 1/14"
14-10-01"Experiments. 2160 to 2363 Oct. 1, 1914 to 1-25-16"
15-06-01"C.F. Hunter. Nickel Run Book. OK's 5949 to 7182 Edison Chemical Works. June 1 - 1915"
15-06-11"Experiments"; [marked down the spine] "EX. 6-11-15 8-24-16"
17-08-10.1"Book #[ ] Andrew C. Ericksen Au [ ] 1917" [illegible]
18-07-18.1[spine Label] "Oliver Filter Exp"; [cover label torn off]


Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.