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A.H. & Willard, Townsend Sperry & Marsh.  Spent all day discussing what size cell to adopt.  Everybody agreed on the subject [[underlined in red]] except Marsh [[/underlined]] who everytime voted against the rest.
I once more proposed cell 14" high . 10' or 15' or 20' long and [[?]] shed cell house but [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] had to drop my proposition because it was considered inexpedient to come back on our decisions.  Much, much time has been lost in the discussion both by E.H. Hooker leading the discussion inexpedient channels and by A. H.
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Hooker's slow ponderous and repetitive statements  The whole matter might have been settled easily in one hour and it took us from 10 A.M until 9 P.M and even then Sperry and A. H. remained behind to stay overnight at Hooker's house.  I felt heartily tired  We finally all voted (except Marsh)for cell 24" high and 15 feet long (5000 Amp) which is a modification of the 19" cell voted for at our last meeting.  We concluded to make this change on the strength of
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