Talk:Chester Carlson/Archives/2016

Assessment comment

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If I've jumped the gun, I apologize -- in advance of the discussion. I made edits to the first paragraph that implied Chester Carlson had developed the technology on his own. Further down, there is text that explains what is implied -- which is how I may have jumped the gun. What I know about Carlson, Batelle, Haloid/Xerox comes from "My Years with Xerox" by John Dessauer. It comes from the copy of the book that Dessauer gave to my grandfather, and a story that he told me several times. The story was what happened between he and Chester Carlson, when Chester Carlson met with him at Batelle. I'm referring to the story about the glass rod and the animal pelt (cat fur, actually). I vaguley recall the process, as described using light and the wax paper, too. I'm sure the glass rod was intended only to demonstrate the value of the triboelectric charge. Anyway, I hope what I wrote was useful.

Last edited at 03:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 11:26, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

"Roten eggs"

"This often resulted in a sulfur fire, filling the building with the smell of rotten eggs." The classic rotten eggs smell is due to H2S. The smell is very strong and unpleasant, but is kind of "mild". Burning supfur produces SO2, which has sharp acrid-acidic smell. The smell of SO2 does not resemble rotten eggs at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.35.221.185 (talk) 18:27, 27 November 2016 (UTC)