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FOUNDED in 1841, the Chemical Society was the first nation-wide organisation concerned exclusively with “the advancement of chemistry and those branches of science immediately concerned with it”. It led the way to the foundation of similar societies in France (1857), Germany (1867), and the United States (1876). Among permanent records of the recent centenary celebrations, the Society has issued these two appropriate volumes. They abound in material of abiding interest to all lovers of chemistry, and are truly worthy of the historic occasion.
The Chemical Society, 1841–1941
A Historical Review. By Tom Sidney Moore and James Charles Philip. Pp. 236 + 10 plates. (London: Chemical Society, 1947.) 12s. 6d.
British Chemists
Edited by Alexander Findlay William Hobson Mills. Pp. 432 + 16 plates. (London: Chemical Society, 1947.) 18s.
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READ, J. The Development of British Chemistry. Nature 160, 657–658 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160657a0
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