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UNIVERSITY OF missouri
COLUMBIA
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
July 2d, 1932
Mr. H. H. Barker
346 Richmond Avenue
SPECIAL DELIVERY
South Orange, New Jersey
My dear Barker:
I am very much interested in the opening
sentence of your letter of June 30th, stating that you
are taking a vacation beginning July 1st. Now, let me
tell you that a vacation in South Orange and New York
is really not a proper way for an enterprising business
man to indulge. So I respectfully offer a substitute
proposition which I trust will be of interest to you
and I feel that besides being active in business you
still retain a very active interest in pure scientific
research.
As soon as we can get ready the apparatus
I expect to start out for Hot Springs, Arkansas to make
some tests for thoron, radon, and dissolved radium in
some of the springs there. We shall also try to collect
samples of the tufa which forms around some of the
springs. This tufa in a few springs has an activity
equivalent to the presence of about0.5% U3O8 according
to our measurements made 25 years ago. Does the tufa
contain an equilibrium quantity of uranium? We are
inclined to think that the uranium probably is not pre-
sent in the tufa. Is the ionium present? In short,
we are studying present-day geological processes in the
deposition of radioactive substances, hoping that this
will throw some light on the processes which took place
millions of years ago.
We invite you to join the party; please
report for duty on Sunday, July 10th. I shall try to
get ready by that time. Perhaps Mrs. Barker would con-
sent to come along and serve as general manager and cook
for the party.
With kindest greetings, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
Herman Schlundt
hs.as
Herman Schlundt.
expidition !
Please have suff cent new bills with you to finan or the
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