Nineteenth-century chemical theory: correction of a misunderstanding

Foundations of Chemistry 16 (2):165-167 (2013)
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I reply in this short note to some criticisms that Alan Rocke has recently made in this journal

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10.1007/s10698-013-9198-9

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What did “theory” mean to nineteenth-century chemists?Alan Rocke - 2013 - Foundations of Chemistry 15 (2):145-156.

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