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127/ Nov. 15. Chemists Club dinner tonight followed by meeting of Society of Chemical Industry. Subject: Modern Plastics. - Well attended meeting [[strikethrough]] Lincoln [[/strikethrough]] Work X presiding. Many ladies attending. [[vertical in left margin]] Lincoln Work [[/vertical in left margin]] - Work introduced me and I gave a short talk in which I reminded that my first publication of my work on Bakelite was given at the Chemists Club on February 1909 and how crowded the room was and that a few days later I received a telegram from the editor and publisher of the Chemiker Zertung ^[[in Germany]] asking me at what price I would let them publish my lecture first in Germany Answered them they could do so without paying me anything except sending me a few copies of the publication when it appeared After the Chem. Zeitung published it, other chemical publications [[strikethrough]] copied [[/strikethrough]] published copies in French [[end page]] [[start page]] \128 X Dr. T.F. Bradley of the American Cyanamid Co 

Russian, Italian etc. Our [[strikethrough]] Blunt of the Bakelite a. [[/strikethrough]] The speaker who followed me X gave us a boresome review of the various chemical reactions which produce plastics. Fortunately he was followed by our wide awake C.W. Blount of the sales department of Bakelite who gave us a most interesting long talk on various articles made of plastics; showing an endless collection thereof. He fascinated the whole audience which stayed till the end. Am sorry George B was not there [[vertical note in left margin]] 186.925 [[/vertical note in left margin]] [[underline]] November 16. [[/underline]] Stayed home at Snug Rock to take a rest. Very cold [[underline]] Nov. 17. [[/underline]] Sunday. - Very cold [[underline]] Nov. 18 [[/underline]] At 4 P.M. Faculty meeting Dr. Butler presiding well attended meeting. This afternoon sent to Hooker Electrochemical Co in Niagara Falls my stock certificates of that Company