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but to mention casually that he can use a solution of paraform in acid alcoholic solution.  I am anxious to try this and see whether it works at all. Spent another day writing many many letters and rewriting my [[strikethrough]] German [[/strikethrough]] answer to German Patent Office.
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I shall have to curtail my claims as to the use of bases and reduce my claim to less than 1/5 molecular proportions.  Spent almost all day in writing writing until my back began to ache.  In the evening found time
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to carry out some experiments so as to compare results by using Kott in extreme proportions with c.p. phenol as indicated in my patent specifications.  One moment I was afraid that my high proportions were going to give the [[underlined]] Hentsche [[/underlined]] products that are soluble but by continued heating I obtained my initial mass as described which is insoluble and infusible.
[[margin]] June 3. [[/margin]] Got  copy of L. Helm english patent.  He uses 1/2 molecule aniline or ammonium salts.  altho' his process gives products different from mine - they being of the soluble and