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Description: | [Draft letter, ca.1833, to W.T. Brande? / W. Whewell. 3p. on 1 leaf, holograph. Comments on the chemical notation which "you send me" and which is about to be adopted by "the Chemists of the Royal Institution"; discusses its advantages and disadvantages; regrets having suggested (in Journal of the Royal Institution, 1, May 1831, 438-453) the use of accents to represent different oxidation states; urges simplicity and consistency throughout. Probably concerns the notation outlined by Brande in Philosophical Magazine, 3rd series, 1, 1833, 304-311. Watermarked 1831. Part of the "Science and medicine" purchase from Sothebys via Quaritch in 1977] | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | draft letter | Temporal: | ca.1833 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Identifier: | 1992-188/82 | Go to resource |
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