Abstract
MARCELLIN BERTHELOT was born in Paris on Oct. 25, 1827, an t entenary of his birth was celebrated by a mptuous functions and by the inaugurat, e4erprise which is to form a permane th-nctiIio1 one of the most eminent of the dch centjs. JFor some time past committees habeeji 4)oir4e olformation through- out France a(d in fo sixty foreign countries for the collection of the required for carrying out a scheme for erecting and endowing in Paris a Maison de la Chimie associated with the name of Berthelot the sum of about sixteen million francs has been thus collected and, during last week, some six hundred foreign delegates assembled in Paris to take part in the celebration of the centenary.
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P., W. The Centenary of Berthelot. Nature 120, 676 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120676a0
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