History of humidification beads?

[El Presidente]

Date: Friday 26th of February

Where: Czar Deck

Question: "Rob, what is the history of humidifying beads? I mean, who invented them/when did they first come about/have they evolved?"

Answer:  "No idea but I will ask the FOH". 

 

Job done 

[Odessa]

As I know Scott Shilala invented the HCM beads over a period of months and began selling them in late 2008. I will try to find more information.

[Fosgate]

These guys claim to be the inventors. https://www.hbshumidifiers.com/ourstory

[El Presidente]

4 minutes ago, Odessa said:

As I know Scott Shilala invented the HCM beads over a period of months and began selling them in late 2008. I will try to find more information.

That's interesting. 

I thought versions have been used in museums/art gallery's well before that. 

 

[LordAnubis]

THe technology has been around forever in all types of preservation applications. Some bloke probably thought 15 years ago "ohh i bet i could sell this to cigar guys".. and suckers were born

[Fuzz]

Silica gel was patented by Walter A. Patrick at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland in 1919. The properties of silica have been known for far longer, dating back to the 17th century.

[Fuzz]

While Walter A. Patrick patented the synthetic process to manufacture silica gel, Roland Jacques patented the process to manufacture spherical silica gel in 1985, which to my understanding, is the current process to manufacture silica gel beads. He also has other papers and patents going back to the 1970s

[El Presidente]

Legends....is it geniuses or genii   

[mprach024]

4 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Legends....is it geniuses or genii   

What’s a group of genii?  A gaggle? A den?  A murder?

[El Presidente]

....definitely a gaggle in this case 

 

Fuzz in the forefront 

 

[Akela3rd]

Legends....is it geniuses or genii   

The normal plural is "geniuses"; "genii" is not used in everyday language. The word "genius" does come from Latin, but it's gone through a long journey to get to English and its meaning has shifted quite a bit along the way. So it is pluralized according to the normal English pattern.

Hours of research I tell you, hours....

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