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a hurried visit to such cities as Philadelphia 

 and Baltimore he recrossed the Atlantic, and 

 returned to England on the 1 4th of May, 1816. 



His first enterprise in this country was to 

 take a small chemical works at Thames 

 Bank. It had been in the occupation of a 

 Mr. Sandemann, who was a chemist of con- 

 siderable ability; he died, and it was from his 

 widow that Kurtz accepted the tenancy. The 

 introduction which had taken place through 

 their business negotiatious resulted in Mrs. 

 Sandemann becoming Mrs. Kurtz. 



Happily there are still preserved some 

 records which enable us to catch a glimpse of 

 Andreas Kurtz as a chemist at work in his 

 laboratory and his works. These writings 

 go back to the first January, 1818, they are 

 a series of miscellaneous memoranda or 

 reports on experiments he had made or 

 operations he had carried out. They refer 

 at first to the time when he was resident in 

 London, and when he had a Mr. Cavendish 

 as his partner. Cavendish, like his celebrated 

 namesake, Henry Cavendish, who died in 

 1 8 10, was very eccentric. It will be remem- 

 bered how Henry Cavendish was so shy that 

 he made himself absolutely ludicrous. When 

 visitors, attracted by his renown, were 



