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for some pending patents. Beautiful weather. walked home part of way. After lunch went with [[red underline]] Dr. Bigelow [[/red underline]] to inspect his new laboratory of Canners association. Luxuriously equipped plant! Has cost $20.000 for installation exclusive of building which is the old residence of Secretary Richardson and which is leased. Evening went to see Forbes Robertson in "The light that failed."
March 18. - Well rested.. Rainy Went to see [[red underline]] Curtis at Bureau of Standards. [[/red underline]] Left him following samples:
C.3618 - C 3622  C.3623
for further determination of surface conductivity. He showed me an universally favorable curve of No. 5 which seems superior to anything submitted
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As to the latter he says L530Y is not quite so good as the other. Gave him a bakelite fountain-pen. Met [[red underline]] Hillebrand [[/red underline]] and gave him a pen too. took supper with [[red underline]] Brickenstein [[/red underline]] at Shoreham. To bed early
March 19. Well rested. Sunny weather. Went to [[red underline]] Townsend's [[/red underline]] office and had some further talk about patent situation. Then went to [[red underline]] Cushman. [[/red underline]] He told me about his process for making low boiling hydrocarbons (heroline) from heavy oils. Took [[red underline]] Coggeshall [[/red underline]] for lunch at Shoreham. Afternoon went to an Elmsdorf lecture about Java very interesting. Evening went to see Forbes-Robertson in Mice and Men, not very interesting. It snowed when I went back to Cosmos Club
[[black underline]] March 20. [[/black underline]] Keeps on snowing briskly everything white. Evening took train for Niagara. at 7:00 P.M.