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De l c o -Li g h t Co m pa n y . SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION OFFICE OF PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER D A YT O N . OH I O, U.S.A. November 1, 1926. CABLE A D D RESS D ELCO LI GH T' ALL CO Q t S USED S r. R obert A. Kehoe, H ectical C ollege, ' U niversity of C incinnati, C in c in n a ti, Ohio. . Dear D oc;- As yon perhaps know, th e re was a d e fe c tiv e e l e c t r i c a l r e f r i g e r a t in g m achine t h a t went bad i n a D anbnry, Conn, ap artm en t h o u se. They had a g as su p p o se d ly made up o f e t h y l c h l o r i d e an d m e th y l b ro m id e . Two p e o p le were k ille d and one became s e rio u s ly i l l . I am t e l l i n g y o u th e above a s a p r e f a c e to th e f o llo w in g . I n t a l k i n g w ith H r. B ie c h le r a b o u t th e p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f o u r ru n n in g some p r e lim in a r y p sy c h o lo g y t e s t s on s u lp h u r d io x id e w hich we a r e u s in g i n our m achines, th e p o in t b eing th a t in a very n au seatin g gas lik e sulphur dioxide th e p o s s ib ility o f awakening th e people in th e case of a s lig h t le a k , w hich was th e case in th e above a c c id e n t, would be a s a fe g u a rd , w hereas an a n a e s th e tic such as e th y l c h lo rid e would n o t give such w arning. I n o th e r w o rd s, we w ould l i k e to d is c u s s `w ith you th e p o s s i b i l i t y o f u n d e rta k in g some w ork i n c o n n e c tio n w ith th e g a s e s u s e d i n r e f r i g e r a t i n g m achines, so a s to g e t a somewhat i n t e l l i g e n t background in case o f th e fo rm a tio n o f codes,: w hich i s bound to cone in th e n e x t few y e a r s . The im portance of having the rig h t kind of in fo rm atio n is vbry necessary in fo rm in g o f s e n s ib le , c o d e s . U n d e rsta n d v/e do n o t w ant to do a n y th in g i n th e F r i g i d a i r e b u s in e s s t h a t i s h a z a rd o u s , b u t we do n o t w ant to p u t a handicap on the b u sin ess sim ply because o f the lack o f th e r ig h t kind o f in f o r m a tio n . V/e w ould l i k e to have th e 'same s o r t o f in f o r m a tio n r e l a t i v e to th e s e r e f r i g e r a n t s t h a t we h ad i n o u r e t h y l g a s , b e c a u se o u r e x p e rim e n ta l work formed th e b a s is o f th e p ro p er work out and m ark etin g o f t h i s p ro d u c t. I f th e opportunity^ p re se n ts i t s e l f , I th in k i t would be a good t h i n g i f you w ould come to D ay to n and d is c u s s t h i s m a tte r w ith H r. B ie c h le r and h is engineers. 'J i t h k in d e s t p e r s o n a l r e g a r d s , I am N13991 Sincerely yours, c f k / c l ' KB 0012288