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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 147 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GLYCOLS , in organic See also: CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY) chemistry, the generic name given to the aliphatic dihydric See also: ALCOHOLS ALCOHOLS, ALDEHYDES AND ALCOHOLS, BENZYL ALCOHOL, BUTYL ALCOHOLS, METHYL ALCOHOL alcohols . End of Article: GLYCOLS
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