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Lecture on chemistry is fine (In English we would say either 'lecture on...' or 'lecture in...'.

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You're too close to it, Big Al, you sure won't see where my problem lies.

>>Well, perhaps a comma could come aftr 'isolated', but I was always taught that in such a list a comma needn't be included before the 'and'

However, the comma after 'sources' should be DELETED.<<

In that case, change the word order and insert brackets:

derived mainly from vegetable (but also some from animal sources were known), had been isolated and their properties studied

Yes, that IS better. (I remember struggling with this sentence when I first wrote it)

>>'In 1845, Wöhler established the specific gravity (density) of aluminium prepared using a refinement of Oested's method; thus discovering one of its unique properties - lightness.
Again, something seems to be missing in this sentence. Not that I can see

However, I think the semi colon would be better as a comma.

After 'lightness', please could you add, Aluminium has about one-third the density of other common metals'.

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I think this should read: ...(density) of aluminim prepared 'through', 'by' or whichever preposition applies.

Oh, and just for my convenience:

A38445096 Friedrich Wohler
A38425575 Baron Justus von Liebig
A38483995 Leopold Gmelin
A38528111 Friedrich August Kekule
A38558325 Johann Von Baeyer
A38371647 Robert Bunsen
A38567154 Richard Erlenmeyer
A38614656 August Wilhelm von Hofmann

I think that is really a Q of style rather than grammar, Bel

I think there should be a comma before 'prepared' in that case.

Oh, and as Giessen is mentioned so iften in all the entries I've read so far, it is written Gießen here. Not sure whether that needs changing, though (we once had a similar debate about Hanover/Hannover in another PR thread), but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

GB:

'In 1845, Wöhler established the specific gravity (density) of aluminium prepared using a refinement of Oested's method; thus discovering one of its unique properties - lightness.

> 'In 1845, Wöhler established the specific gravity (density) of aluminium, prepared using a refinement of Oested's method, thus discovering one of its unique properties - lightness.

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yES, I wondered about that as I was writing it.

GB, if you don't mind, could you change all the occurrences of 'Giessen' to Gießen.

Last one for now (I need a break, and I guess so does GB):

A38528111 Friedrich August Kekule


>>on chemistry. which he found so << - remove fullstop

>>Privat-Dozent<< - Privatdozent; put in italics. Translation: http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=privatdozent&relink=on

>>Ghent.<< Maybe say Ghent, Belgium. ?


Sorry, not much to say here, most of it went straight over my head.

I do hope all the hootoo chemists will get here at some point.

That's &szlig; special character?

Yes, that's the one.

all the occurrences of 'Giessen' to Gießen.

Post 31 Kekule

Sorry working backwards

Post 29 Wohler

Just noticed this in 'Kekule:

'....and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes.. As if by a...'

Remove one of the full-stops after 'eyes'.



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WEll, you could link to A297128 Belgium.

I'll give you a break now, though.

Posts 28,27,24,22

Post 20; added my own footnote, Big Al
Post 19; >>Habilitation-schrift<< - Habilitationsschrift (professorial dissertation)
<> I think that sounds right, Bel

Oh!
Post 36
Post 37

(still doing the previous thread)