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Chemical Society Presentation

Great Britain · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1866

John Alexander Reina Newlands1 March 1866

London · Science / Chemistry

Presents the Law of Octaves to the Chemical Society, arguing that elemental properties repeat in a pattern analogous to musical octaves.

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John Alexander Reina Newlands

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