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Thomas W. Secrest

Richard H Schurman

John W Schurman

Rick W Clark

Steve Reiter

Robert E Pearson

Richard W Clark

Steven Reiter

Robert F Pearson

This invention is directed to the storing of digital, information, This storage system comprises a number of layers of transparent or translucent material. In each layer there is a chemical or chemicals subject to change by being contacted with different electromagnetic wave lengths. For example, if there be eight layers then the chemical or chemicals in any layer is subject to be changed by an electromagnetic radiation of a wave length different than for any of the other seven layers. In this manner, with eight layers it is possible to have an eight bit byte. Actually, under premutations and combinations it is possible to have as many as eight bit bytes from the eight layers. It is conceivable that there may be more than eight layers such as sixteen layers of thirty-two layers. There is the possibility of storing large amounts of information in a small volumn.

Storage apparatus comprising a plurality of layers

This invention is directed to the storing of digital information. This storage system comprises a number of layers of transparent or translucent material. In each layer there is a chemical or chemicals subject to change by being contacted with different electromagnetic wave lengths. For example, if there be eight layers then the chemical or chemicals in any layer is subject to be changed by an electromagnetic radiation of a wave length different than for any of the other seven layers. In this manner, with eight layers it is possible to have an eight bit byte. Actually, under premutations and combinations it is possible to have as many as eight bit bytes from the eight layers. It is conceivable that there may be more than eight layers such as sixteen layers of thirty-two layers. There is the possibility of storing large amounts of information in a small volume.

This invention is directed to the storing of digital information. This storage system comprises a number of layers of transparent or translucent material. In each layer there is a chemical or chemicals subject to change by being contacted with different electromagnetic wave lengths. For example, if there be eight layers then the chemical or chemicals in any layer is subject to be changed by an electromagnetic radiation of a wave length different than for any of the other seven layers. In this manner, with eight layers it is possible to have an eight bit byte. Actually, under premutations and combinations it is possible to have as many as eight bit bytes from the eight layers. It is conceivable that there may be more than eight layers such as sixteen layers of thirty-two layers. There is the possibility of storing large amounts of information in a small volume. This patent application is a continuation-in-part patent application of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 07/049,771, filing date of May 13, 1987; which patent application was a division of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 718,886, filing date of Apr. 2, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,668,078, issuing date of May 26, 1987; which patent application was a continuation-in-part patent application of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 419,304, filing date of Sept. 17, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,509,854, issuing date of May 9, 1985; and which was a continuation-in-part of co-pending patent application Ser. No. 05/339,805, filing date of Sept. 24, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,355,888, issuing date of Oct. 26, 1982.

This invention is directed to the use of two or more light waves having separate and distinct wave lengths. The light waves are directed to a fluid. The initial detected relative intensities of the light waves is known. After the light waves have left the fluid the final relative intensities can be determined. By knowing the relative shift in the initial intensities to the final intensities it is possible to determine a characteristic of the fluid. With this characteristic of the fluid it is possible to take appropriate action to change the characteristic of the fluid or it may be desirable to take no action with respect to the characteristic of the fluid.

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Richard H Schurman