Talk:William Morrison (chemist)

External links

I changed the name of the Sources section to External links because they are not currently cited in in the article. Please see WP:ELNO. Those external links should be significantly trimmed or moved to citations. I recommend WP:PR if there is any interest in nominating this for GA status. TJMSmith (talk) 11:46, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@TJMSmith: Shouldn't the Header you labeled "External links" actually be correctly labeled Sources? The reason I think it should be Sources as they are the actual books and hard copy sources for the footnotes in the section labeled References. Maybe this section could be bettered labeled Citations as it has the actual source page numbers. I believe External links would be links to other places that talk about the subject of the article, in this case William Morrison the chemist. An example here would be the Library of Congress link to electric car history. If you agree, could you change that Header title back to Sources. Also consider changing References to Citations. Thanks! --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:38, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I wasn't clear that the sources were cited in the article. Would something like the references section in Dorothy Thomas (entrepreneur) work? Specifically, a Citations and Bibliography section underneath the References heading. I'll go ahead and make the switch. TJMSmith (talk) 15:17, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

General comments

Great job with this article. I had a few comments/questions.

• Is Morrison's hometown/birthplace known other than the whole country of Scotland?

No, not known.

• Which university did Morrison attend?

No, not known

• Do any sources explain why Morrison emigrated to the United States?

For whatever reason (not known why) he had a desire to emigrate to America and settled in Des Moines since he had a job there as an assistant watchmaker. Check out McClellan reference (pg 563) in article.

• What is Dr. Arntz's first name?

Lew = furnished

• Should the lede state that he was an "inventor and chemist"?

Chemist! He became an inventor by accident as he was trying to prove the value of his storage batteries. It turned out he "invented" a new type of storage battery (patent 464,676) and the practical electric carriage (aka electric car and electric automobile) as a means to prove how powerful his batteries were based on a unit of weight. He was far ahead of others of the day from this standpoint = state-of-the-art battery technology.

• Did Morrison acquire American citizenship? If so, should he be listed as a Scottish-American inventor and chemist?

Never did find a reference to this effect. Suspect he may have since he lived in Des Moines and Chicago for a long time.

I know it can be difficult writing articles using old sources. Best, TJMSmith (talk) 11:55, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

• Replies to your questions. No sources of the many I researched show the answers to the other ones. I not only used Google Books, but used actual hard copy books also, as Michigan has an excellent ILL system and I can get most any book I am interested in (if it shows in WorldCat). --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:18, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

I figured you had already included everything that could be found in the existing sources but thought it was worth checking. Great work! TJMSmith (talk) 15:12, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! I think the person that invented the electric automobile is significant, especially now-a-days as there has been a recent revival of that idea (i.e. hybrids). That's why I am aiming to make it a Good Article. I have it now as a request at GOCE for a thorough copy edit by a professional. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment

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See WP:DCGAR; blanked and redirected per presumptive deletion of copyvio. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:22, 4 March 2023 (UTC)