Inventions

1967 · réf. 21812 — New York: No Publisher 1967. Including: 1967 letter from Nicholas Ridgley du Pont regarding Hauni Inc.'s of Germany ability to adapt existing cigarette machines to the Vitamin A cigarette technology proposed by Nelson Waterbury with a copy of the patent design drawing and information from the U.S. Patent Office with patent numbers & standard forms the invention "Smoking article and filter therefor containing Vitamin A" filed Oct. 28 1966 another letter from a proponent and co-investor in the patent 'selling' the idea as something which would introduce Vitamin A into the respiratory tract to help its' function - there was concern with tobacco tainted with 3.4 benzo-pyrene found in smoke with a clipping from a NY Times article on the "Strickman Filter" proposed for use by Pall Mall of Canada - about 10 pages of material all told - an interesting sideline are a few pages of material regarding the development of a Vitamin A tampon concerning which also involved du Pont and which evidently used a similar system for the 'delivery' of Vitamin A; with about 10 pages of 1969 typed correspondence faxes and telegrams regarding an investment scheme with the inventor and the juggling of funds and stocks among interested parties some of whom were not trustworthy; with about 15 pages of 1990 typed agreements fax letters copies of U.S. Patent papers regarding the "Combination incandescent and solar electric light bulb with automatic switching device and charging means therefor" - including a fax from John P. Millhone Dep. Asst. Sec. of the Dept. of Energy writing of his interest in the research citing ".The U.S. Department of Energy sees the development and commercialization of energy efficient technologies in lighting and other areas as critical to the national and world interest." and with an agreement with an investor in the bulb process and other communications; with a couple of personal letters to one of the investors from the inventor and a friend on a trip to Europe attempting to set a up deal for specialty steels in Germany and an unidentified copy of a clipping of an article regarding the invention of a voiceprint credit card devised by Waterbury from an English periodical; light wear to materials in good condition and an interesting group concerning an American inventor's varied work. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. No Publisher Paperback