Hey Carol, do you even read the papers you co-author *chuckle* ??? Why no
illustrations of the disks ???
http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Thatcher_BLockhart.pdf
Bob
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth,
without either virtue or talents ... The artificial aristocracy is a
mischievous ingredient in government, and provisions should be made to
prevent its ascendancy."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Serr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Weird disks - milk lid
> However...(unless I missed something in my skim thru) if you read the
> text....the (ligneous) disk is made of wood, fiber-board, wood pulp, or
> papier-mache...so as to be somewhat absorbant (so, not rubber)...that it
> expands in contact with moisture from the milk...to form a tight seal.
> And also pliable to be picked out...and then repositioned after use.
> Also, the disk is soaked in parafine to seal it (yet wouldn't that make
> it non-absorbing?). I don't think Candace's disks have a parafine
> coating - of course, this could have melted off over time. ?
>
> Nice patent hunt tho Bob. :o)
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>Behalf Of Bob Skiles
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:20 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Weird disks
>>
>>Please note Figure 2 here:
>>
>>http://www.google.com/patents?id=2SFlAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=ininve
> ntor:Barnhart&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=1&as_miny_ap=2007&as_maxm_ap=1&as_
> maxy_ap=2007>&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=9&as_miny_is=1889&as_maxm_is=9&as_
> maxy
>>_is=1889#PPA43,M1
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>"There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and
>>birth, without either virtue or talents ... The artificial
>>aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and
>>provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy."
>>
>>- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bob Genheimer" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:48 PM
>>Subject: Re: Weird disks
>>
>>
>>> Candace
>>>
>>> Could they possibly be milk bottle stoppers. Most were made
>>from heavy
>>> cardboard or cork, but these appear to be about the right size.
>>>
>>> Bob Genheimer
>>> George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology
>>> Cincinnati Museum Center
>>> 1301 Western Avenue
>>> Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
>>> 513-455-7161
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>>> Candace Ehringer
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:54 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Weird disks
>>>
>>>
>>> I have several rubber? (or possibly ceramic?) disks which
>>came from a
>>> privy or
>>> trash dump next to a Los Angeles school cafeteria (ca.
>>1890s-1910s+). Has
>>> anyone ever seen anything like them before? Six of them have "M & M"
>>> stamped on both sides and one has "HQ" stamped on both sides. They
>>> measure 1-1/2 inches in diameter and are 1/8 inch thick. I would
>>> appreciate
>>> any help. My internet research has proved futile. Photos can
>>be viewed at
>>> the
>>> link below.
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/10925368@N07/
>>
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