From: Alan Mynett (a.mynett@ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/08/01-02:50:11 AM Z
Jolly's comprehensive article/book can be found at
www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~wljeme/SOUTLINE.htm
Lots of historical references, chemistry and artistic uses.
Alan Mynett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: Sabatier
>
> Found it, P-F 2, p. 18, column #1:
>
> ".... You may not know it's not really 'Sabatier.' Ed Buffaloe fills us
> in on the researches of William Jolly, who found that 'a Dr.
> Sabatier...had the audactiy to announce [that] he had discovered a new
> phenomenon,' when he had simply conducted 'an effective advertising
> campaign.' Advertising pays, of course, and the name stuck, although
> generally misspelled 'Sabattier.' Jolly's search also proved the original
> had only one 't.'"
>
> (That's Buffaloe, spelled with an e !)
>
> Judy
>
>
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