Object and Location Evidence Recommendation
Table 9
LAB TABLE (in place) Figure 34.
BEAKERS, small (on table) Needed conduct
experiments. The nitrate film in
use the time was volatile and easily combustible.615 viscose
Laverty probably meant different form cellulose, obtained treating with
acetic rather than nitric acid and making less flammable. Use EDIS 378.
CHEMICALS for making
Viscose (on table):
Cellulose
Glacial Acetic Acid
Caustic Soda
Carbon Disulfide (all on
table)
See Historian’s Note 90.
818 Laverty correspondence Historian’s Note 90.
FILM STOCK (on table) See Historian’s Note 90.Table Motion Picture Film.
EDIS collection. experimenter called Thomas Greenley
worked project find non-flammable film.
195
. Reproduce. According Laverty, looked
at the properties viscose for use film stock this search.
BOWLER HAT, small (hung
from nail closet)
See figure for example of
hat.
Reproduce.
EVAPORATING DISHES (on
counter wall) Reproduce.
Reproduce
