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scholar of that school, would come highly 

 commended and well introduced to Cavendish. 

 The partnership, however, does not appear to 

 have lasted very long. 



In the memoranda that have been referred 

 to, dating back to January, 1818, soap boiling 

 is the earliest subject of remark. The entries 

 are not merely records of experiments, but of 

 manufacturing operations. We shall quote 

 them precisely as they occur, as they will 

 illustrate how Andreas Kurtz was accustomed 

 to use the three languages, English, French, 

 and German, not only in speaking, but also in 

 writing. Stories are told of how exquisitely 

 funny it was to hear him mix up these 

 languages in giving vent to his wrath against 

 someone or something that had irritated or 

 annoyed him. 



In his notes on soap boiling he writes : 



January 3rd, 1818. Put the stof-pan in the 

 brickworck. The bricklayer did the whol 

 fournace in 7 days. 



January 5th. We received two tonn of 

 kitchen stuff at ^48 a ton. 



Thursday, the 6th. Begin to melt at 

 nine o'clock at once 14 cwt. in one pan and 

 finished at 7 o'clock in the evening. 



January 14. In the morning Mr. Roberts 



