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Perth Amboy by one minute but got very wet in violent rain and thunder storm.  Dripping clothes
Aug 30. Rain rain rain.  Busy in lab all morning 
At 2 P.M drove to Electrical testing laboratories. Consultation will Mr.Farmer Then office then back home
There was a [[red underline]] good return on Phenol alcohol case [[/red underline]] but I felt so tired that I misunderstood and went to bed rather disgusted with things in general but during the night I reread the action and found then that it was very favorable
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Aug.31. More rain, rain. Busy all morning here with my patent amendements.
At 1 P.M conference with [[red underline]] Townsend [[/red underline]] at Chemists Club
He too [[red underline]] thinks that our phenol-alcohol case stands well. [[/red underline]]
Then to office. Cold damp day. Steam heat in radiators. [[red underline]] Poor boys [[/red underline]] in camp. Home with 5 [[superscript, underlined]] 30 [[/superscript, underlined]] PM
September. 1. 1911.
Fine clear cold weather. 
[[red underline]] Good for the camping boys! [[/red underline]]
Miss Evans here all day.
Report from Electrical testing laboratories tells me [[red underline]] nitrobenzol, aniline, [[?]] anyl alcohol are poor insulators for high voltage currents. [[/red underline]]
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