[Letter from Benjamin R. Harris to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - May 11, 1940] Page: 1 of 4
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,O Y PHONE CENTRAL 4285 CABLE ADDRESS:
"EMARGOL-CHICAGO"
EPSTEIN REYNOLDS HARRIS
CONSULTING CHEMISTS an, NGINBERS
5 South Labash(oenue
Chicago
May 11, 1940
Dr. M. Bodansky
University of Texas
Department of Pathological Chemistry
Galveston, Texas
Dear Dr. Bodansky:
No amount of apologizing will be adequate to exonerate us from
our failure to reply to your recent correspondence. It is a
fact, however, that at this time of the year, we -- and by "we"
I mean principally Mr. Epstein and myself -- must purchase,
process and pack and sell some fifteen million pounds of frozen
eggs, within the space of about sixty to ninety days. When you
consider that this must be done within this short space of time,
and that simultaneously other aspects of our business activities
have to be maintained concurrently, you can get some notion as
to how hard-pressed we are.
A copy of "The Biochemistry of Medicine" was received. We are
very proud to be associated, even though remotely, with the
authors of this significant work. To be sure, it is a little
more medical than fits in with our needs and tastes, but this
obviously can in no sense be derogatory of its merit. You
and your brother are to be congratulated for bringing out this
volume.
As to the question of the spontaneous ignition of haystacks, I
have only a general familiarity with the subject. Many organic
materials other than hay -- straw, for example, fodders of
various kinds, even dried beet pulp, when piled up in masses
of large dimensions and if insufficiently desiccated, so that
the environment, particularly as to moisture content, is such
as to support micro-organic life, are subject to the development
of situations wherein the metabolism of the micro-organisms,
primarily of thermophilic character, generates sufficient heat
so that ignition temperatures are ultimately attained.
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Harris, Benjamin R. [Letter from Benjamin R. Harris to Dr. Meyer Bodansky - May 11, 1940], letter, May 11, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth228761/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.