Powdered water
Question: Recently I read something about ?powdered water.? I wonder whether you have information regarding its use on a golf course.
…P. W., CALIFORNIAAnswer: It seems that the National Cash Register Company has been successful in producing powdered water for industrial use. The powder is manufactured by coating tiny particles of water with gelatin. Although dry to the touch, the powder can easily be crushed or dissolved to a liquid state. The producer is adapting the technique to coat bank deposit slips and other forms - so that carbon copies can be made without the use of carbon paper. Science has indeed made some unusual advances in recent years. However, thq practical use of ?powdered water? on the golf course
seems to be many years away if it is in the future at all.
This exchange appeared in the July 1963 issue of the USGA Green Section Record.