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March 7. Went to see [[red underline]] Sarton [[/red underline]] with Acree, to induce him that  Wisconsin University should invite [[red underline]] Sarton [[/red underline]] to lecture. Gave my check for $100. to Belgian Scholarship Fund.
[[strikethrough]] Afternoon [[/strikethrough]] Evening went to see stupid play "Our Mrs. McChesney" On returning to Cosmos Club found [[red underline]] Dr. Washington [[/red underline]] and Quick speaking of [[red underline]] Diamond mines located by Washington [[/red underline]] in Brazil a few years ago. Left for New York with 12:30 A.M train.

March 8. Find New York Streets full of snow. Big snow banks in middle of street. At 11 AM. meeting of [[red underline]] Naval Board [[red underline]] at Engineering Societies Building. All present except [[red underline]] Edison [[/red underline]] 
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Hewitt, Craven, Sellers
Strauss and Griffin absent on account of Congressional Committee hearings in Washington.
[[red underline]] Sperry [[/red underline]] says his son is just back from France, England and Italy where he has been demonstrated in flying the [[red underline]] Gyroscope stabilizer. [[/red underline]] He says that of all the German flying machines none were equipped with gyroscope stabilizers
Says [[red underline]] Zepplin flying by night [[/red underline]] are much at a loss, is like [[red underline]] flying in a fog. [[/red underline]] Do not even now whether they are horizontal or not, as level is inaccurate through motion. So an artificial [[red underline]] Gyroscope [[/red underline]] horizon is [[strikethrough]] used [[/strikethrough]] proposed now.
[[red underline]] Coffin [[/red underline]] publishes further progress of his committee on manufactures and