These photographs show what happened when General Electric Company engineers placed a drop of resin on an automobile windshield and left it stand overnight. Ernest E. Johnson, general manager of the GE General Engineering Laboratory, said resin particles are sometimes found in the atmosphere and may condense as droplets and fall to the windshield of moving cars. He offered the resin theory as one possible explanation fro the epidemic of pitted windshields, which has puzzled motorist from coast to coast

General Electric Company1954-04-24

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Title: These photographs show what happened when General Electric Company engineers placed a drop of resin on an automobile windshield and left it stand overnight. Ernest E. Johnson, general manager of the GE General Engineering Laboratory, said resin particles are sometimes found in the atmosphere and may condense as droplets and fall to the windshield of moving cars. He offered the resin theory as one possible explanation fro the epidemic of pitted windshields, which has puzzled motorist from coast to coast
Creator: General Electric Company
Date Created: 1954-04-24
Location: Schenectady - Schenectady County - New York
Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
Original Language: English
Subject Keywords: Engineers; Children; Radioactivity; Measuring; General Electric Company. General Engineering and Consulting Laboratory;
Type: Photograph
Publisher: General Electric Company
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