Talk:William Morrison (chemist)/GA1

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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 21:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

This is a good-looking article. I suspect I won't have much to say. Review in a bit. --truflip99 (talk) 21:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

• He concentrated on how to produce the most available energy for a unit of weight. He aimed for efficiency in the working of the individual battery cell. -- combine these for variety's sake

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:22, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Through various innovations he developed the controls for the power used... -- as this can be ambiguous depending on where a comma is placed (either after 'innovations' or 'developed', add the comma where it should be placed

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:23, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• His electric vehicle was the first to be driven in Chicago and his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. -- and IN his hometown

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:26, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• This was referred to as the Cave. -- since it was a secret, this would sound a lot better as "He referred to it as the Cave."

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:34, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• The enticing award was never collected. -- enticing sounds like an opinion

 Done - removed enticing. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:39, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• that concept became popular in the twenty-first century -- this concept

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:41, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

more later. --truflip99 (talk) 22:54, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

• The eleven carriages Morrison designed and built after the prototype he sold for $3,600 each. -- omit he

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:39, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• The peak of their popularity in the twentieth century was in 1912 -- "Their popularity peaked..." (active > passive)

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:44, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• In the second paragraph of Description sub, you should briefly mention the shift to gas-powered vehicles that dominated the latter half of the 20th century. Makes the hybrid mention less abrupt.

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:36, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• The twenty-four storage battery cells -- 24*, per WP:NUMERALS

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:52, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• It had three speeds which were produced by the battery cells in a series of 8, 12 and 24. -- unit of measurement for these numbers? unless you're referring to the batteries in which case the wording is kind of confusing

 Done - copy edited accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• The batteries had to be recharged after every 50 miles (80 km) of driving: That was as far as a vehicle could travel in a day as it required overnight to recharge the batteries completely. -- how many hours? "Overnight" doesn't quite explain why the far could only travel 50 miles in one day.

 Done - copy edited accordingly.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 09:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• John B. MacDonald and Harold Sturgis of the American Battery Company in Chicago each bought one of Morrison's Electric vehicles -- swap John and Harold as Harold got his first; lower case electric

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Both cost $3,600. -- merge with previous sentence, "at a cost of $3,600". It's okay to have three refs at the end

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:47, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• MacDonald's vehicle was under construction by Morrison in mid-1891. -- began construction*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:50, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Morrison-MacDonald carriage -- en dash

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• The Morrison-MacDonald carriage was backed up to the front door -- front door of what?

 Done - company's office. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:59, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• at 4:00 o'clock -- At*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:11, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• driving his friends and reporters around the city in it beginning in September 1892. -- check grammar

 Done - copy edited accordingly.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:36, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• MacDonald's vehicle was the first practical automobile of any kind to be driven on the streets of Chicago. -- you kind of already stated this two paragraphs prior

 Done - removed this sentence. Combined then the two paragraphs to make one, as they talked of similar ideas.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:46, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• around in an enclosed area at the fairgrounds. -- check grammar

 Done - copy edited accordingly.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:58, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• He removed the overhead canopy and the steel rims on the wooden wheels, which he replaced with hard rubber. -- were the steel rims or wooden wheels replaced with hard rubber?

 Done - copy edited accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:04, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• There was six inches (150 mm) of snow on race day -- Six inches of snow fell on race day*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:12, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• because the batteries ran out of power. -- until*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Morrison was assembling additional electric carriages and demonstrating -- assembled*; demonstrated*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:19, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• The twelve-passenger vehicle was being advertised as capable of being used on city streets as well as country roads. -- was advertised*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:23, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• by the foot on a pedal used by the driver. -- the driver's foot on a pedal*(?)

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:27, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• only one person to operate the electric self-propelled carriage since all of the controls were at the driver's disposal -- kind of redundant; suggest omit what's crossed

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:30, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Just place the figure descriptions below the photos themselves

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:42, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• He wanted to show how powerful his batteries were and propelling a horseless carriage of 3,000 pounds was an impressive way to do so. -- bolded sounds promotional; consider reword

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 12:50, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• After the owners of the company had signed a contract to produce his batteries -- omit had

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:35, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• The American Battery Company made a few copies of Morrison's vehicle since they had the rights to his batteries for manufacturing with authorization from him to duplicate his electric carriage design. -- too wordy and no need to mention the rights to the batteries again

 Done - copy edited accordingly. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:59, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• There they made the Morrison's electric carriages -- omit the

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• None of the Morrison electric vehicles -- you capitalized "Morrison Electric vehicles" (as opposed to Morrison's electric vehicles) in previous instances but not here...

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:05, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• I actually think you shift the focus to the carriages too often in this Battery section; e.g. you should have mentioned that no carriages exist today in the previous section that's about the carriages

 Done - copy edited accordingly.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:26, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• The Morrison Storage Battery allowed the normal internal operation of the battery to function correctly while at the same time preventing the shedding of material from the positive plates that would cause the short-circuiting that was happening on the old-style batteries. -- sentence too long, consider splitting

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:37, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• Morrison obtained a patent in 1891 for his invention of improved storage batteries that led to the first practical electric car in America. That increased battery efficiency made it possible for 24 of his batteries to produce enough power to run a horseless carriage with a group of people aboard the vehicle. Morrison received patent No. 464,676 for his battery. -- consider merging this last sentence with the second one

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:49, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• While living in Chicago, Morrison was shown a photograph by Mrs. A. H. O'Neill of her 20-year-old sister -- Mary's* 20-year-old sister

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:56, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• After meeting her, Morrison married her two months later. -- After they met*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:59, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

• His second wife -- Elsie*

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• Morrison was involved -- became

 Done --Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:57, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

• refs look good

-- I'll do a final read thru after you complete this, and will probably do some minor copy edit touches. --truflip99 (talk) 20:05, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Truflip99: - All issued addressed. Can you take a look at it again. Thanks. --Doug Coldwell (talk) 15:04, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Final round

Lead

• The lead somewhat strays away from Morrison and into the electric car, which would make it off topic. Consider deleting this:
  • Morrison invented the first practical self-powered four-wheeled electric carriage in the United States to show the value of his batteries.
  • The intent of propelling a carriage with passengers without horses was not his main goal. Rather, he wanted to show how powerful and efficient his batteries were, so they had commercial appeal.
• This electric horseless buggy of the late nineteenth century later became known as the electric car of the twentieth century and the hybrid electric automobile of the twenty-first century. -- I get what you're trying to say here but the wording makes it seem like the horse buggy directly became the electric car and the hybrid; that's not how it happened from what I read. I suggest:
  • This electric horseless buggy of the late 19th century helped pave the way for the hybrid electric automobile of the 21st century.

Body

• use Template:See also above the Electric carriages sub section to link to the History of the electric vehicle

• That's all. Placing review on hold. --truflip99 (talk) 19:29, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

@Truflip99: Did I get all the things correct you suggested for the Final round? --Doug Coldwell (talk) 19:49, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

@Doug Coldwell: Yup, looks good. Passing now. Congrats! --truflip99 (talk) 19:51, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

BTW, the correct category for him is under Chemistry and material sciences. So categorizing him there. --truflip99 (talk) 19:55, 25 April 2020 (UTC)