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PRESIDENT’S OPENING ADDRESS TO CHEMICAL SECTION.

ON THE ANTIQUITY

OF

THE CHEMICAL ART.

By JAMES MACTEAR, F.C.S., F.C.I.

THE PRESIDENT’S OPENING ADDRESS TO THE CHEMICAL SECTION.