Note 6 — Chapter I · CELLULOSE: THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF TYPICAL MEMBERS OF THE CELLULOSE GROUP, WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR NATURAL HISTORY.
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It is worthy of mention that by the action of chlorine in presence of water, and by the action of concentrated nitric acid upon the cannel coals, substitution derivatives are formed resembling those obtained by the action of these reagents respectively upon the ligno-celluloses.