p. 92 and 93

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92
Journal 18225
[?] from p88

of the decay of vegetation. If it is
possible for vegetables to be converted
into smoke without combustion
this will appear very probable.
he relates an instance of a very
smoky day at New Madrid
being followed by an earthquake
this he supposed to be the smoke
that had risen through the ground.
I told him that I supposed it was
owing to peculiar state of the
atmosphere which was unfavour-
able to the decomposition of smoke.
To this he made no reply.
On Monday last I sent a letter
to Darius it contained a description of
the high pressure steam engine
Thursday Oct 26 Mr. Henry commenced
taking up his [lodgings?] [bc?] in my [illegible]
this eveng. [evening?]

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Journal for 1827
93
Oct 28. I went over the river today
with Mr. Bates [?] Brown we went to
see the Boiling spring about one mile
from New Albany. It is in the clay
bank of a small creek called
fountain creek. A gas continually
issues from it which has the smell of
Sulphurated hydrogen. A gentleman
of New Albany has boared 300 feet near
there for salt or coal but unsuc-
sessfully. He intends to continue boring
next season.
November 1. Thursday We received a letter
from Darius to day in which he
informed us that he has been sick
3 weeks but had recovered.
Saturday Nov 3 I worked all day
on the canal. 252.5 grains is
the weight of a cubic inch of
water see [chemical?] [industry?] [art?] [?]
X Dr. Clapp