Punch,  37 (1859), 135.

Progress of Science

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Societies, Organic Chemistry, Gender, Reading


    Claims that after reading a paper 'On the Organic Elements' (possibly a reference to

    Macvicar 1860), presented at the recent meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a 'young lady' decided to call the mole on her face a 'molecule'.



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