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the last instalment of our boiled chicken and vegetable dinner made yesterday. Beautiful weather on the bay
On September 30, I told to [[underlined in red]] Rossi not to sell any of the Shrimpe material and [[/underlined in red]] to give it only as samples but even then might be considered as commercial sale, or commercial use. On this account [[underlined in red]] I shall forbid to give out any samples and call in any which may have gone [[/underlined in red]] out thus far.
Some months ago I told [[underlined in red]] Shrimpe [[/underlined in red]] to see whether by acting with CH2CL2 on sodium ethylate [[by?]] could make ethylal.
   - O - C2H5
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CH2 
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   - O - C2H5 
and rest with the latter on phenol or on NH3 or on phenol + NH3 or make
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hexamethylentetramin or its triphenol compound of hexa and thus directly utilize CH2CL2 instead of [[underlined in red]] formaldehyde [[/underlined in red]] which now has become so expensive
He tells me he gets very easily [[underlined in red]] ethylol [[/underlined in red]] by acting with Na or ethyl alcohol. During my visit to the factory on September 30 I told him to try this further and to try also to make the [[underlined in red]] sodium ethylate [[/underlined in red]] by means of sodium amalgam and if this works I shall show him how to make an electrolytic cell which will produce the sodium amalgam continuously and inexpensively. 
The same day I also told [[underlined in red]] Lawrence [[/underlined in red]] to try making [[underlined in red]] [[stearanilid?]] [[/underlined in red]] or other anilids