Dennis, I was indeed responsible for that "theory" and published it (with illus) in APM. Obviously, it is anecdotal information, as the application of these decals (and possible chrono matching to chassis) was not done by TAE in any absolutely precise manner. However, I have never seen such a decal (those little black lines beneath the letter D in the colorful scroll) with less than ten lines (late 1896 on). The next series (1897-98?) seems to be composed of 14 such lines, and the series after that had 18 lines (1899-1901?). It is a mystery as to why each time the decal was manufactured and applied they made those lines finer and finer (and hence more numerous). I certainly invite collectors to take a close look at their 'Suitcase Home' lids and verify (or not) whether the general pattern I noticed still holds up. I haven't seen any evidence (so far) to disprove this observation. Allen _www.phonobooks.com_ (http://www.phonobooks.com) -------------- In a message dated 12/19/2012 2:34:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Yes, I remember that. It involved the number of lines beneath the "D" of "EDISON." Unfortunately, that theory didn't hold up, _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
