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The Coal-Dust Question

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ON several occasions during the last five years, Sir Frederick Abel has referred to the history of the coal-dust question, and to my connection therewith; and as his views on this subject do not altogether correspond with mine, I desire, with your permission, to state in this place how much, and in what particulars, I differ from him.

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  3. Ibid.

  4. Ibid.

  5. Ibid.

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GALLOWAY, W. The Coal-Dust Question. Nature 33, 197–198 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/033197a0

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