nor anyone connected with it and the concern named or its representative. This forced the publishers to print a lengthy notice in a subsequent issue that read in part: “there is absolutely no connection whatsoever between the Light Publishing Co. Wichmann, Diplon-Eng, care of Light Publishing. The problem the publishers had with his ad was that it gave his address as John C. In 1907 he published an advertisement in Light, an industry publication that he was serving as a representative in the U.S.
The first of Wichmann’s business activities I know of involved Ehrich and Graetz (E&G), a well-established German manufacturer of gas and liquid-fueled lamps. Nell Wichmann died on the 27th of February in Los Angeles. John Wichmann died December 7, 1947.ġ961. John and Nell filed patents for a “Gasoline Conserving, Power Increasing Vaporizer.”ġ947. The State of New Jersey de-listed Radium Emanator Filter Company, Inc.ġ9. John and Nell were living in Greenville, South Carolina.ġ932. Wichmann submits two patent applications for his Radium Emanator Filter jar. His passport application describes him as a chemical engineer.ġ926. Wichmann becomes a naturalized U S citizen.
#Radium glass jar trial#
Wichmann went to trial in 1917 for defrauding Edward Maier.ġ921. Wichmann was in Los Angeles and identifying himself in the City Directory as vice president of the M and W Mining Company (Maier and Wichmann Mining Company).ġ917. The Bureau of Investigation, predecessor to the FBI investigates his activities involving Germany.ġ916. Wichmann seems to be a representative for Ehrich and Graetz, a Germany lamp/lighting manufacturer.ġ908 to 1922. Wichmann moves to the United States.ġ907. His future wife, Nell Orr, was born June 7 in South Carolina.ġ894. John Carl Wichmann was born August 1 in Hamburg, Germany.ġ881. Nothing detectable at one foot John Carl Wichmann - Important Dates and Factsġ872. 21" high, 9 1/2" diameter at widest pointĮxposure rate: ca. None contained the radioactive source (emanator) described in the patent and shown in the diagram to the right. In the 1990s, a number of these jars were discovered in a New Jersey warehouse owned by the family of the manufacturer. More information about John Wichmann and the Radium Emanator Filter Company can be found farther down this page. Anyway, the text on the label read:ĭRINK RADIOACTIVE FILTERED WATER RADIUM EMANATOR THE BETTER WAY TO HEALTH Paper labels on water jars is not a good idea. On the upper half of the jar, you might be able to make out a large smooth area where the paper label would be affixed. of North Haledon, New Jersey. Their address was 1263 Belmont Avenue. The device (not the glass jar itself) was manufactured by the Radium Emanator Filter Co. The uranium (natural rather than depleted uranium) wouldn't add significant radioactivity to the water, but it does produce a slight increase in the exposure rate immediately adjacent to the jar. The filter emanator may also be utilized as a general device for charging water with radium emanation for household use."Īs a nice decorative touch, the jar was made from uranium (vaseline) glass and it is the uranium that is responsible for the beautiful greenish-yellow glow under UV illumination (photo above right).
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"My present invention is designed to highly charge the water such as may be required for professional purposes, in which the water having a certain number of Mache units, is to be taken according to a physician's prescription. Quoting from one of his two patents related to the jar: The Radium Emanator Filter was invented by John Wichmann of Los Angeles (ca.
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