23 August 1956.

Dear Josh and Esther,

A vair of wonderful vainless-steel instruments
arrived last week, further deerening Your Cebt to vou.
You are really most kind.

I have been getting lessons from Eric Mao on the
micromanivulation business, and well may get ints the
microdropv-under-oil business after alt. At the moment,
the most diabolical scheme I heve conceived is to. 9ke
a hole intg one of the conulants, and watch vhat har ‘ens
to its inamorata: this, I think, is technically more
feasible than sevareting them. A microscove finally
arrived today - the incandescent ribbon last week - s9
I am starting serious work at last.

We have now teken to telegramming, co'‘lect, t9
Jordan Marsh, the me: chants who sent us blue chairs
instead of green, but still not a single letter has
reached us exolaining, apologizing, or even acknowledging.
If I could find out the manager's neme, I'd write to him
at his home: he vrobably hes a nice one, with more than
two chairs.

Garbage disdosal units in the kitchen have been
extended to include a large nedal bucket, of the usual
shape and size, but all vlastic.

This evening I'm going to sone of the meetings,
Since they have some ekctron micrograevhs t>) shov, and then
we'll have our last session with Francis Ashton and his
lute before Storrs. After the AIBS meetings, I imegine,
things will be quite quiet around here.

O yes, we also go down to the sea besnorkled now.

Best wishes:

Lad

Memb. Corn. M.B.L.
Thnks. fr. tin.