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Title: Researches on Cellulose
1895-1900

Author: C. F. Cross
E. J. Bevan

Release Date: September 16, 2007 [EBook #22620]

Language: English

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RESEARCHES ON CELLULOSE

1895-1900

BY

CROSS & BEVAN

(C. F. CROSS AND E. J. BEVAN)

_SECOND EDITION_

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA

1907

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subscript. Superscripts are designated with a caret and brackets, e.g.
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translated to their English version.

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Minor typos have been corrected and footnotes moved to the end of the
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PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION

This edition is a _reprint_ of the first in response to a continuous
demand for the book. The matter, consisting as it does largely of
records, does not call for any revision, and, as a contribution to the
development of theory, any particular interest which it has is
associated with the date at which it was written.

The volume which has since appeared is the sequel, and aims