[D8244S], Letter from John F Ott to Thomas Alva Edison, October 5th, 1882
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Title
[D8244S], Letter from John F Ott to Thomas Alva Edison, October 5th, 1882
Editor's Notes
Experiments made 2 October: wound Clarke cotton thread on fiber ends, boiled in sugar, carbonized. Carbed very porous around the fiber, also contracted less than fiber leaving it very loose. Drilled & split bast fiber, fastened with resin, carbonized. Contracted differently than fiber. Japaned small strips paper, wound around fiber ends, carbonized; produced scales. Drilled pieces of graphite [still no good]. October 3, wound with thicker thread. Results like NO. 1. Flat pieces of box wood; no good. Also driled small pieces of bamboo, various substances for fastenning in; "this worked very well the fibers seemed to form a homogeneous mass."
Author
Recipient
Date
1882-10-05
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8244-F
Microfilm ID
63:200
Document ID
D8244S
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University