[LB062667], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Merck & Co, November 12th, 1896
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Title
[LB062667], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Merck & Co, November 12th, 1896
Author
Recipient
Date
1896-11-12
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB062-F
Microfilm ID
143:905
Document ID
LB062667
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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Nov 12th 1896
Messrs Merck and Coy-
University Place
New York.
Dear Sirs:-
The sample next to the last one fluoresced fairly well. The last sample received does not fluoresce at all, it is crystalized in the wrong system, the trick is to make it by fusion in the regular way but get the Crystals clear, then it will be sensitive. One party here has found out how to do it but his prices are very high, yet he is selling large quantities.
I think your people over in Germany better hire a Chemist.
Yours truly
Thos. A. Edison
R[andolph]
Messrs Merck and Coy-
University Place
New York.
Dear Sirs:-
The sample next to the last one fluoresced fairly well. The last sample received does not fluoresce at all, it is crystalized in the wrong system, the trick is to make it by fusion in the regular way but get the Crystals clear, then it will be sensitive. One party here has found out how to do it but his prices are very high, yet he is selling large quantities.
I think your people over in Germany better hire a Chemist.
Yours truly
Thos. A. Edison
R[andolph]