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��VU1 OUTLINES OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
text and the translation were carried out almost simul- taneously, so that a short time after I had sent in the last pages of the corrected text to Dr. McCrae, he was able to let me read the complete English manuscript.
Before closing this rather historical preface I desire to acknowledge that amongst the improvements which have been made on the French edition many have originated in my correspondence with my two collaborators.
A. E.
Brussels : October 1898.
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