[CR]early plating question

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From: <SM2501@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:11:00 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]early plating question

Hello all!

I am working on restoring 3 Harley Davidson bicycles from 1918 to 1920, one of them being a "racer" (I am using that term loosely). Anyway, a couple of the parts have finishes referred to as "White Nickel". There are other parts just called "nickel". Does anybody have any idea what "White Nickel" is? I have had someone suggest it was just Cadmium 1, but I think that was a quess. I always thought Cad wasn't invented untill the 20's, but could be wrong there as well. SO, that could be question # 2, when was Cad first used?

Any help to this marginal on topic subject would be greatly appreciated.

Scott McCaskey
Dalworthington Gardens, TX