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cells at cost price in which we quickly agreed.  Then I spoke to [[underline]] Duisberg [[/underline]] about our work in [[?]] relative patent reform and my [[strikethrough]] visit [[/strikethrough]] meeting with [[underline]] Robalski [[/underline]] all which seemed to interest him much.  Very pleasant meeting Then supper at [[underline]] [[Quinche's?]] [[/underline]] house met his wife who is very jolly and wide awake and his children.  Oldest boy quite developed about 18 years, prepares for the navy and seems quite wide awake. One cross eyed boy with a sore finger who seemed rather down cast on account of his finger  His chauffeur drove me to Cologne. sent cable that night to Celine and Bush at 11 PM  [[underline]] [[Quinche?]] [[/underline]] told me that evening that [[underline]] Schwietzer [[/underline]] had been threatened more than once to mend his ways.
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March 13 Up very early.  but have been awake since 4 AM.  At 8:40 A.M. [[underline]] [[Quinche's?]] [[/underline]] chauffeur at hotel drove me to Leverheum. Duisberg had party of railroad men at the head of which chief Director Martini of Cologne an important official cam all to inspect the works and I was invited too which was very lucky. [[underline]] Duisberg [[/underline]] started in council room by giving an excellent short lecture about the history of the works and their actual conditions and needs.  Then took us around in automobiles from one building to another.  They make 260 tons H2SO4 per day! with contact process.  Imposing impression everywhere of good [[underline]] order, [[/underline]] good operation progressive tendencies.  Most [[?]] chemical operations performed cleanly and with regularity of clock work.
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Transcription Notes:
Sorry I couldn't read names or some words. I expect he is speaking a lot German which influences his English sentence structure, making transcription even harder than usual. I agree. This is hard to decipher. HK