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towards Bruges and Ostend and [[red underline]] Belgian [[/red underline]] Government [[red underline]] ministers are fleeing to Havre in France [[/red underline]] which is now the seat of Belgian Government to which extraterritorial rights have been extended. All this is discouraging news. In the afternoon went to Brooklyn Laboratory and remained till six. Yields of converter cell, using sodium salt, are confirmed to be [[red underline]] 53-54% [[/red underline]] as heretofore using parchment diaphragm. [[red underline]] This seems to be the highest yield obtainable using sodium salts. [[/red underline]] all [[strikethrough]] other hig [[/strikethrough]] higher yields were with potassium salt. It remains to be determined by direct experiment whether these differences are due to specific properties of potassium or sodium or simply to secondary conditions, as
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for instance too great a formation of NaOH. or too great excess of NaCl as compared to KCl. Sutherland will carry out experiments to that effect. Paulus evaporating device with sectional enameled coils seems to work very well. Went to Mouquin with Dr. Peter and took supper together talking about our problems, the war, Germany etc.
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Home with 12:35.
[[strikethrough]] The morning [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Yesterday]] [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] came back from [[red underline]] Adirondacks [[/red underline]] where he has been enjoying a 10 days vacation at his camp and in Free Jones Houseboat and this morning he [[red underline]] went to school again at Mr. Churchill's [[/red underline]] who will have a hard time of it, making a living [[red underline]] from his nine pupils. [[/red underline]]
October 14. Spent most of morning dictating letters. [[red underline]] Gothelf [[/red underline]] at Perth Amboy to help solve the trouble of C20 material. [[red underline]] Hamlin [[/red underline]] away