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DISCLAIMING at the outset any pretensions which could be advanced in his behalf for the honour conferred upon him, Prof. Abel assumed that his advancement to the position of president was intended more as a recognition of the special importance of chemical science in its application to telegraphy. Proceeding upon this assumption he made chemical science the basis of his address, and went on to show the principal directions in which it bears importantly upon the work of the telegraph engineer.
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Chemistry and Telegraphy 1 . Nature 15, 321–322 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015321a0
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