Subsequently, other companies produced balloons of one type or another for us; the total number and type of balloons purchased is given in Table 2.
Table 2
Plastic Balloons
Company
Film Type, Thickness Diameter, Shape
Special Features
Unit Cost
No. Delivered to Date
Harold A. Smith, Inc.
.004 polyethylene 3-ft.diam., spherical
Prototype
$150.00
4
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.008 polyethylene 15-ft.diam., spherical
Low permeability
530.00
5
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.004 polyethylene 15-ft.diam., spherical
Low permeability
530.00
5
General Mills Inc.
.001 polyethylene 7-ft.diam., tear-drop
Stressed tape type seam
20.00
25
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.001 polyethylene 20-ft.diam., tear-drop
Stressed tape type seam
125.00
175
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.001 polyethylene 30-ft.diam., tear-drop
Stressed tape type seam
250.00
15
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.001 polyethylene 70-ft.diam., tear-drop
Stressed tape type seam
900.00
5
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.
.004 polyethylene 20-ft.diam., egg-plant
Stressed tape type seam and low permeability
475.00
10
Winzen Research, Inc.
.015 polyethylene 20-ft.diam., tear-drop
Low permeability
115.00
20
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Non-Plastic Balloons
Dewey and Almy Chemical Co.
J-2000 neoprene balloon with nylon shroud of 15-ft. diam., spherical
Internal pressure
325.00
3
Seyfang Laboratories
Neoprene-coated nylon 22.5-ft. diam., spherical
Internal pressure
550.00
10
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