The acid the compound reacted with the metal
of the stylus create the oxidization problem referred by
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31) Caveat for improvements phonographs, July 1890, 1890
Phono, caveats; J. 12, Dec 1892, p. Hepworth "The Phonograph," The Technical Educator. Sept 1889.
30) Tate, Open Door, pp.
1890, 154-156
33) Batchelor Diary, 1337 p.
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21) TAE Gouraud, May 1889, 890521, 170.
29) Phonogram. Beecher TAE, Nov 1889, Phono General;
Electrical World. further problem was cracking caused low
temperatures. The composition the wax cylinders was based a
mixture stearic acid and its salt, sodium stearate, which is
used soaps.A. Toppan Lippincott, Oct 1888, 1888 Phono
General. Jan 1891,
1891 Phono, Talking doll.
18) Account sheet, Jan 1889, 1889 Phono General; TAE G.
24) List experiments dated Dec 1887, 1887 Phono Gen.
Notage Mar 1878: .582.
20) F.S.S.
22) Tate Dyer, Sept 1888, Phono Gen
23) TAE Gouraud, Oct 1888, Phono Gen. 161-162; 880823, Aylsworth*s
notebook.W.
19) Tate Lippincott, Nov 1888, 870621, 394."Cited Hounshell, "From the
American System Mass Production (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins,
1984), 333; London Daily Telegraph. Byron Vanderbilt, Edison the Chemist (Washington,
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26) boom that collapsed," Philadelphia Times.C.
27) Louis Glass TAE, July 1910, 1910 Personal friends;
"Mew Model" List, 1888 Phono Gen. 434-5.17) Tate Wright, Feb 1888, Phono Gen Jan Apr.
25) TAE P.C.
28) TAE Batchelor, May 1889, 890408, 325.
32) T. Mov 1888, 1888 Phono
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