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IN view of the publication by Fischer (Brenn. Chem., 9, 309; 1928) of the results of his experiments on the thermal decomposition of methane, to which reference is made by Messrs. Stanley and Nash in a letter published in NATURE of Nov. 10, it seems desirable to place on record the fact that the production of commercial yields of benzene by the pyrolysis of methane, without a catalyst, was proved in the Fuel Technology laboratories of the University of Sheffield about two years ago. The work forms the basis of certain claims in Engiish Patent No. 26719 of Oct. 8, 1927.
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WHEELER, R. Higher Hydrocarbons from Methane. Nature 122, 773 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122773c0
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