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Osmotic and Liquid Membranes

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IN an interesting letter in NATURE of February 22 Lord Berkeley has considered the question of a possible osmotic cycle in which a liquid such as ether is placed at the same time in connection through membranes with an aqueous solution of sugar and with water, while the latter is also in similar connection with the solution.

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TROUTON, F. Osmotic and Liquid Membranes. Nature 89, 32–33 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089032c0

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