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[[preprinted]] 102 [[/preprinted]] of Smith that were cited against me. Fortunately they do not clash with my claims. [[margin]] May 30. [[/margin]] Decoration day. Worked all day in laboratory. The meanest most disgusted unpleasant rainy day in a long time. Pouring rain all day and so dark that I scarcely could see in laboratory. Thurlow & Lewis were busy erecting vacuum - pan. [[margin]] May 31 [[/margin]] (Sunday) After I had despaired of the weather - yesterday it looked as if it was going to rain forever! _ we had today a most beautiful day. I spent all day alone in the laboratory trying to [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 103 [[/preprinted]] find wether naphthalene could not be made to condense with CH2O as sulfuric acid or as sulfene [[margin]] June 1. [[/margin]] Foreign mail brought me first action of German Patent office on my Bakelite patent. I dropped everything else and spent full day writing an answer and wrote many other letters until my back was lame. [[margin]] June 2 [[/margin]] Got U.S.P. copy of Smith where for the first time I see mentioned the possible use of asbestos pulp in combination with his insoluble condensation product. He uses paracetaldehyde in acid alcoholic solution