The acid the compound reacted with the metal
of the stylus create the oxidization problem referred by
Tate.17) Tate Wright, Feb 1888, Phono Gen Jan Apr."Cited Hounshell, "From the
American System Mass Production (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins,
1984), 333; London Daily Telegraph. Toppan Lippincott, Oct 1888, 1888 Phono
General. 121-124.
19) Tate Lippincott, Nov 1888, 870621, 394.S.: American Chemical Society, 1971), pp. Hepworth "The Phonograph," The Technical Educator.
30) Tate, Open Door, pp.
1890, 154-156
33) Batchelor Diary, 1337 p.274. Beecher TAE, Nov 1889, Phono General;
Electrical World.A.
26) boom that collapsed," Philadelphia Times. The composition the wax cylinders was based a
mixture stearic acid and its salt, sodium stearate, which is
used soaps.C.
21) TAE Gouraud, May 1889, 890521, 170. 12, Dec 1892, p.
25) TAE P. Dyer, May 1889, 890408, pp.
.
20) F.C. Mov 1888, 1888 Phono
Gen.
28) TAE Batchelor, May 1889, 890408, 325. Sept 1889.
22) Tate Dyer, Sept 1888, Phono Gen
23) TAE Gouraud, Oct 1888, Phono Gen.
18) Account sheet, Jan 1889, 1889 Phono General; TAE G.
24) List experiments dated Dec 1887, 1887 Phono Gen. Jan 1891,
1891 Phono, Talking doll.582. Byron Vanderbilt, Edison the Chemist (Washington,
D. 434-5.W.
Notage Mar 1878: . further problem was cracking caused low
temperatures.
32) T.
27) Louis Glass TAE, July 1910, 1910 Personal friends;
"Mew Model" List, 1888 Phono Gen.
29) Phonogram.S. 161-162; 880823, Aylsworth*s
notebook.
31) Caveat for improvements phonographs, July 1890, 1890
Phono, caveats; J
