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THE hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Dr. James Hutton (1726–97), the celebrated geologist, which occurred on March 26, brings to mind a little-known phase in the utilization of the products of coal distillation, the profits from which are said to have secured to Hutton the leisure necessary for his geological speculations.
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CLOW, A., CLOW, N. DR. JAMES HUTTON AND THE MANUFACTURE OF SAL AMMONIAC. Nature 159, 425–427 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159425a0
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