Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| 6579985 | Preparation of codeine from morphine An improved process for the preparation of codeine from morphine comprises the steps of a) reacting morphine with a methylating agent in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of 100 to 215° C. under reflux conditions such that approximat... | 06/17/2003 |
