November 27th, 1889
The potion that I have been working on is not functional thus far. It exploded my lab for a third time and I cannot seem to find the factor that is causing this incident. I will be testing for equipment used next. Perhaps I need to be using metal vials instead of glass or some such. I singed a bit of my eyebrows the last time and I'm not sure how much more my maid and housekeeper are willing to put up with. They say that it is causing them to grow immune to loud noises.
T. Ainsworth