Word: carbons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Favorable to patent litigation is such an anonymous condition, and out of the radio world came last week announcement of a patent war. Attacking was Kolster Radio Corp. Defending were 19 radio-makers including Grigsby-Gruno (Majestic), National Carbon* (Eveready), Crosley, Zenith, Stewart-Warner, Sonora-"independent" set-makers all. Not included was Radio Corp. of America...
Great among U. S. corporations, little known by the U. S. public, is Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., 1928 net income of which was $30,577,383. Yet, a public which might show no recognition of Union Carbide & Carbon probably would register instantly on Eveready batteries and flashlights. But Evereadies are only one product of one of many Union Carbide & Carbon subsidiaries. Most of its merchandise, metallurgical and chemical, will always have a specialized market; it is on intimate terms with the silicon, the chromium, the manganese, the ethylene, the acetylene and many another chemical family, but few of its products...
Popularly obscure may be Union Carbide & Carbon, not at all is Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings, last week elected Union Carbide & Carbon's Board Chairman. Following the death (TIME, April 8 et seq.} of Myron Timothy Herrick, who was Honorary Board Chairman, George O. Knapp, Board Chairman, added Honorary to his title and Mr. Billings, member of the Executive Committee, moved into the Chairmanship. Not carbon, however, but horses provide the basis for Mr. Billings' popular fame. For to trotting (as distinguished from running) horses, Mr. Billings brought not only a devotion to the 'breeding and racing of fine horses...
What the deadly fumes were composed of was only guessed. Apparently it was a mixture. The coroner had the blood of several victims examined and found bromine and hydrocyanic acid (both deadly). Others hazarded that there were quantities of carbon monoxide in the gas. The fact that many, not apparently suffering at first, later succumbed, led to the supposition that nitrogen dioxide (brown gas like bromine) was one of the poisons...
...preparation for the return trip of the Graf Zeppelin to Friedrichshafen, if and after it reaches the U. S. next week as planned, Union Carbide & Carbon Co. last week shipped several tank cars of a new fuel gas to Lakehurst. The German dirigible in its flight to the U. S. last year, used gas instead of gasoline as fuel for its engines?the reason being that when gasoline is used up, an airship becomes lighter and rises unless some of its bag gas is also set free, a costly expedient. Gaseous fuel as it is used up can be replaced...