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A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times

A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times (1920) was originally published as A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times till the Present Day (1913). It is a work by chemist and professor , who taught at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine, . He is best known for this history of chemistry. The work was completed, post-mortem, from the notes used by Professor Brown to deliver his lectures on the History of Chemistry. Those notes were consolidated and edited by Henry H. Brown,

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