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[Start page] Mr Alders was informed by one of the venders of sperm that all the lights are showing badly Mr G says none of the keepers [here?] [dand?] to show a bad light - Lard oil when filtered is not as good for burning something is removed of combustible quality [End page] [Start page]7(penciled in R corner) No trouble with the Franklin lamp or [auoriust?] of freezing in the 1% [Deslneck?]. The freezing can be prevented by a coating of [cish?]around the[beut?] [pant?] of the tube next-the wicks [weeks?] only complaint is the challeng between the [house?] fire and the dart[k?] homes - can be prevented probably by means of a cloth. Sperm melts at higher temperature than lard. -Experiment on this - [squiggly vertical line preceeds this last sentene on page} experiments on lard through sand. [End page]