Autograph letter signed from Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie to Frederick Gard Fleay [manuscript], 1866 August 27?

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Autograph letter signed from Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie to Frederick Gard Fleay [manuscript], 1866 August 27?

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Fleay, Frederick Gard, 1831-1909

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Brodie, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Collins), Sir, 1817-1880

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Chemist and mathematician; Fellow of the Royal Society; Professor of Chemistry, 1855-1872. Having graduated from Oxford in mathematics, he studied chemistry privately, and worked for a while (c. 1845) under Liebig at Giessen. He discovered graphite and formulated a mathematical alternative to the atomic theory, termed 'chemical calculus,' which was ingenious but wrong. From the description of Papers, ca. 1845-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81866282 Chemist. Waynflete P...