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NATURE has so consistently maintained the purity and accuracy of English scientific nomenclature, and its occasional leading articles on the subject have been of such great interest and assistance, that I venture to point out the insidious annexation of scientific terms to denote a commercial product.
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DUNK, J. Scientific Terminology and its Annexation. Nature 121, 137 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121137a0
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