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as soap alone. But both resin and soap and soap alone accomplished the desired result. Two new cells made thus, started percolation at about 40 liters per hour gave caustic at 9% after a few minutes and after about 30 minutes gave an almost clear percolating liquid. I
I am very glad of the good work I have accomplished and which will mean many various improvements in the running of the [[underlined]]Townsend cell[[/underlined]] I spent the remainder of the afternoon dictating letter to E H. Hooker giving my 
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suggestions how to make the new cell and how to quickly improve the old cells.
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13.00 Hotel
1.50 overalls
24 train etc.meals
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Paid my bill at. Prospect house ($13.00 for three days.) and went to Buffalo for supper at Iroquois hotel and about 1140 P.M. went in sleeping car for Detroit. Sleeping car had separate compartments all through, much preferable to ordinary style of sleeping cars. 
July 9 Arrived in Detroit about 6:30 A.M. Detroit time. Went to Berry Brothers & Co. had a business talk about Novalak with Mr. Hooper and Mr. Reed.
Mr. Shaw tells me that the yield with the steaming process for
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