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but decided that the small bakelizer which we had improvised and which is supposed to be heated in oil would be too dangerous in a small place.  crammed with combustible material so concluded to transport everything to Erchner.  [[strikethrough]] First [[/strikethrough]] First drove to [[Vereinigte Fabriken Laboratorien  bedorf?]] - Souer and Salomon there.  Bought ball mill, put in in motorcab then to Station arrived at Erchner about 1 P.M.  Took harty lunch at Station while Weger went to factory to see whether everything was ready  We hustled and made [[underlined]] a run of 10 kilos of Solid A [[/underlined]]
[[marginal entry written vertically in red]] First Bakelite in Germany [[/marginal entry]]
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then another run of 10 kilos then 20 kilo run of liquid A.  Many helpers "laboranten" as they call them  one or two well trained chaps for laboratory work.  Left there at 6:40 PM.  Felt somewhat tired after this very busy day
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perhaps this explains why I felt somewhat depressed at the thought of all the drudgery before me.  [[underlined]] Is the game worth the candle? [[/underlined]]  Went for supper to Kempinski's, walking home met Sperry.  together went to Wiehen Stephan where [[underlined]] Sperry [[/underlined]] took his supper while chatting over our different matters then walked back to Hotel.
[[underlined]] July 21 [[/underlined]] Up early; got many letters from Snug Rock
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