Author: Hiratsuka Navy Ammunitions Arsenal, , Tentelevsky,
Publisher: Not Published 1910.
Description: This is first a large ledger book, taller than A4, of which the first 60 pages are devoted to the description of the chemical process at Hiratsuka. The text is in pencil, 31 lines per page, the MS is well readable, it goes into great detail and has well executed pencil engineering drawings of the machinery. Init: "Tentelevsky SO3 Plant. / At Hiratsuka plant is designed to burn Sulphur..." Later: "Howard in America spoiled contact mass for 15 months owing to break down and neglect of this point." This item was found in California, but it uses the spelling "centre". Paper watermark: Kelly & Walsh Extra Fine (=Shanghai). The purpose of the text is not clear, it could be a form of industrial espionage, or the MS for a planned publication, or an in-house current awareness exercise. There is no name. The premises where it was found in Los Angeles were associated with the name "Berg". A second volume is entitled "Index of Report Books" (thumb indexed, watermark "Exchequer Ledger") with contains entries like "received from Matsumuras" (under Sodium Carbonate or Soda Ash) or "Blasting Gelatine (Iwakana Analysis)", "Sulphur Lot from Mitoni B K", "Mitsui Sulphur, Sulphuric Acid from Tokyo" dated between 1908 and 1910. Other terms used: "Parafine Paper Muslin backed, Nitro Glycerine, Selignite, Coal Analysis, Cordite, Special Samples, Cotton Raw, Boiler Scale, Acetone Samples," listing deliveries, test, and occasionally Japanese and also German suppliers. The report books themselves have not been located. A additional images are available. For context we refer to Tentelevskago Ximichesk Zavoda (so transliterated in the US Patent office) and the Vickers, Nobel & Armstrong+Whitworth establishment discussed online here Hiratsuka_Navy_Ammunitions_Arsenal
Order No: PIP 223476
Language: English
This book has been catalogued with the following subject terms: Chemistry, Engineering, Japan, Military
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