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then drove back over Cortland and Seventh Ave arrived at Astor Hotel about 4 P.M. Successful trip. At 8[[underscore]]00[[/underscore]] all went to train for Niagara. Laberski ^of Siemans Hashke^ fun at first experience with Pullman his zebra drawers! He ordered cocktails after we were in bed!
March 16. Arrived at Buffalo at 7 AM snow storm. Hotel Iroquois then [[strikethrough]] drove to Niaga [[/strikethrough]] took electric car to [[underline]]Hooker Electrochemical Co.[[underline]] Fine office building.  Works have grown considerably [[?]] by impression. Saw new cells in operation for first time. Lunch at Club offered by Hooter.  Very enjoyable then walked in snow storm along Niagara River then went to see butane power plant. Then in blinding snow
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to [[underlined]] Cyanamid plant [[/underlined]]. The latter [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] seems quite be large plant producing about 10 tons a day.  Big electric furnace in which lime and coal is charged from top with two big electrodes of graphite which melts [[image - two squares with wires attached, above pit containing small hole]] the mass the latter flows out of a hole at lower end which is pressed after every charge is ready then cast in iron [[strikethrough]][[?]] [[/strikethrough]] buckets.  Then pulverized and introduced in steel cylinder about 2 1/2 feet wide and 6 feet high.  The [[strikethrough]] mass is placed [[/strikethrough]] cylinder is lined inside with paper bags Heated by means of [[strikethrough]] sort of [[/strikethrough]] a bundle of rods spaced inside the mass then N is introduced and heat developed by reaction keeps mass hot [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] which is thus converted in Cyanomide. [[end page]]

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One unknown words remaining on page 32. Unknown word "...have grown considerable amounts..."??? Page 33 describes a calcium cyanamide fertilizer plant.