Template:Did you know nominations/William Hoskins (inventor)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:28, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

William Hoskins (inventor)

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~~that... the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk William Hoskins was also the inventor of the electric heating coil, without which we would not have toasters, electric stoves, and space heaters?~~^[1]
- ALT1: ... that the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk William Hoskins was also the inventor of the electric heating coil, used to create the first electric toasters?^[2]

Created by Lee Vilenski (talk) and SMcCandlish (talk). Nominated by Lee Vilenski (talk) at 23:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: ALT1 seems good to go to me. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:07, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm a bit concerned about the sources provided. For the first one I can't find a source in the article about stoves and space heaters. Lee Vilenski and SMcCandlish... but ALT1 is good to go Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:07, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

References

^ "C.H.i.C. Timeline 1843–1880" Archived August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, A Guide to the Chemical History of Chicago, Chemical History in Chicago Project, date unspecified; accessed February 24, 2007
^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1911). ""William Hoskins" entry". The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago. Vol. 2. self-published. p. 343. The entry can also be found on p. 296 of the orig. 1905 ed. Subsequent editions (1917, 1926) were titled Who's Who in Chicago.

[CHiC1-1] "C.H.i.C. Timeline 1843–1880" Archived August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, A Guide to the Chemical History of Chicago, Chemical History in Chicago Project, date unspecified; accessed February 24, 2007

[BookChic-2] Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1911). ""William Hoskins" entry". The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago. Vol. 2. self-published. p. 343. The entry can also be found on p. 296 of the orig. 1905 ed. Subsequent editions (1917, 1926) were titled Who's Who in Chicago.

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