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UNIVERSITY Of
CALlFORNiA
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
IN ITS APPLICATIONS
AGRICULTURE AND PHYSIOLOGY,
JUSTUS LIEBIG, M.D., PH.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A.,
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OIESSEN \ KNIGHT OF THE HESSIAN ORDER;
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF STOCKHOLM; CORKESPONDING
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES OF BERLIN AND
MUNICH; OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF ST. PETKRSBURGH; OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF
AMSTERDAM, ETC. ETC.
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