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nobody bothers me and gives me some rest! I have become very much disinterested in my work and would gladly stop my laboratory were it not out of consideration of the men now employed by me.
Nov 24. I left here at about 10 AM went to see Mr. Geary, president of [[red underline]] Royal Baking Powder, [[/red underline]] Mr. Porter absent, to explain him some further details of situation in Brooklyn and to give [[first?]] explanation about my latest estimate as to cost. Charge one hour.
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Then went to Perth Amboy. Foersterling there. Talked over situation. No real progress in situation of new transparent C. [[red underline]] Wickes of Victor Phonograph Co. [[/red underline]] has been there and latest results were shown to him
I notice number of barrels ready for shipment on Dec. 1
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ordered in advance. [[red underline]] Practically no activity in new building [[/red underline]] there being [[red underline]] no unfilled orders for transparent C [[/red underline]]
All this is very discouraging.
Nov 25. [[red underline]] Lawrence [[/red underline]] is still ill [[red underline]] in bed [[/red underline]] and his mother telephones he will not be able to return before next Monday  This morning outlined to Gothelf and Hamlin my theory that our trouble in ^[[new]] transparent C is [[red underline]] either [[/red underline]] due to [[red underline]] gaseous [[/red underline]] NH[[subscript]] 3 [[/subscript]] imprisoned or to [[red underline]] solvent which is expelled from C. [[/red underline]]
In view of fact that all solvents except phenol or cresol seem to be only retained in A or B but not when [[overwritten]] B [[/overwritten]] material is changed to C.
Advised therefore to try making product like usually [[strikethrough]] but a [[/strikethrough]] for C.20 but instead of adding No. 20 or any of the other solvents. only add phenol or cresol in such a small quantity as [[strikethrough]] possible [[/strikethrough]] strictly necessary and this ought to give us a product that