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ON September 7, 1839, the Athenœum said: “The Birmingham Session of the British Association closed its peaceful labours on Saturday, and the many distinguished persons who had there met in furtherance of one common object— thé advancement of science, and the good of all mankind—are already scattered far and wide, not less content, we hope, because a leading political journal has been pleased to pour out on them its vials of wrath and scorn—how justly, our readers can now determine…”
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The British Association, 1839. Nature 144, 453 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144453a0
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