612 Leah Burt, "Chemical Technology the Edison Recording Industry," Journal ofthe Audio
Engineering Society (November 1977), pp. Phenol was pioneer form plastic and was the
main ingredient the condensite used make the recording surface Edison
Diamond Discs. was under contract Edison and
he would have supervised this work Building 2.
VACUUM PUMP (on table,
connected drive shaft)
Attached phenol condenser. this time was not member the staff this building; had
his own laboratory his house Orange. the
bottom the container was valve draw off the hot liquid and manhole cover
attached large bolts was the top.
Use EDIS 350 and EDIS
collection. It
was pressure container which vacuum could created. This created the
thick resin, called condensite, which when cooled could used records.Table Phenol Production. vacuum pump
was placed nearby.
Object and Location Evidence Recommendation
Table 6
LAB TABLES, (in place) Figure and physical
evidence.
188
.
Electric MOTOR (in place) Figure and physical
evidence. The various elements the mixture were
pumped and then condensed under pressure and high heat.
PULLEYS (in place) Figure and physical
evidence.
Use EDIS 7415. 716-17; also 1914, Phonograph, Record, Manufacture. The blank contained wood flour, lamp black, phenol resin,
denatured alcohol and hexamethylene tetramine. Reproduce. Reproduce.
Use EDIS 7411.
The Edison Diamond Disc was composed core called the powder blank, and a
varnish which set into the hard recording surface. The varnish was made of
phenol, paraphenylindiamione, denatured alcohol, pentachlorophenol,
hexamethylene tetramine and sandarac-an organic resin.
Use EDIS 7374. The condensing distilling machine was located this table. Phenol resins were used in
both these parts.
PHENOL CONDENSER (on
table)
Figure 34.
DRIVE SHAFT (in place) Figure and physical
evidence. The container was sheathed steam jacket heat the
mixture phenol and formaldehyde and steam pipes were attached.612
As the expert phenol resins, Jonas Aylsworth would have supervised this
operation
