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MSPB/52
Title
Letter from John G. Macvicar to [William Whewell]
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- 8 May 1860 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet
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Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.
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Manse of Moffat - Has brought his researches to their simplest form and have now only one law to deal with instead of three; hopes Chemistry will adopt his views or those of a similar order before too long.
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Tipped in before Macvicar's The first lines of science simplified, and the structure of molecules attempted (Edinburgh, 1860), shelfmark 267.c.80.23[8].