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ON account of the severe illness of his child, Prof. Mendeleeff was obliged to leave London early on Tuesday morning, very greatly to the regret of those who assembled in the evening to hear him deliver the Faraday Lecture, which was read by the Secretary. It was announced that the dinner, at which the Fellows of the Chemical Society proposed to entertain Prof. Mendeleeff on Wednesday evening, would not take place, but that the President, Dr. Russell, and Miss Russell would receive at the Grosvenor Gallery on Friday evening, as before arranged.

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Notes. Nature 40, 133–135 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040133a0

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