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136 testimony and [[red underline]] Nikolas [[/red underline]] suit. I went home with 8:45 P.M train [[black underline]] Dec. 24 [[/black underline]] [[vertical note in left margin]] C. of good dielectric properties made with NaOH [[/vertical note in left margin]] A very active day. dictating and telephoning and spent much time in lab. [[red underline]] Hamlin [[/red underline]] succeeding better and better in [[red underline]] non darkening C. with new [[/red underline]] method. [[vertical red line in margin]] At my insistance [[red underline]] Lawrence [[/red underline]] made some [[red underline]] very electrical C [[/red underline]] by heating [[red underline]] Novolak [[/red underline]] made [[red underline]] with NaOH. [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] ^[[under]] further [[/red underline]] addition of hexa. This [[/vertical red line in margin]] shows NaOH is not irreconcilable with good dielectric properties. [[red underline]] [[vertical note in left margin]] Nikolas [[/vertical note in left margin]] Gothelf [[/red underline]] identified beyond doubt appreciable quantities of phenol in seized lacquer and obtained more NH3 on distilling residue. A very busy and interesting day. I dictated till late [[end page]] [[start page]] 137 and about 1 P.M got awake and kept at it for hours dictating matter relative to Nikolas suit. [[black underline]] Dec 25. 1913 [[/black underline]] Another mild beautiful day. After some machine dictating, [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] and myself felled two big trees lower part of garden. Spent all afternoon more dictating until I had all available cylinders filled. A [[red underline]] happy quiet evening at [[/red underline]] home with children present. It starts raining. [[red underline]] Feel very happy. [[/red underline]] Good continued news from [[red underline]] mother [[/red underline]] too. [[vertical note in left margin]] Nikolas [[/vertical note in left margin]] Dec. 26. Much hard work all day on talking machine. Feel very tired Dictated memoranda and suggestions for [[red underline]] Nikolas [[/red underline]] trial Dec 27. Clear beautiful cold day. Neave and Townsend at Snug Rock Conference as to further steps of
