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Victor Meyer (Berichte, 1871,4, 810; Liebig's Ann. 1875, 180, 

 195), from results obtained on moist oxidation of carbon, assumes 

 a carbon molecule to be polyatomic. 



Kekule {Zeit. fur angew. Chemie, 1899, 950) regards a carbon 

 molecule as consisting of 12 atoms. 



Barlow and Pope (J.C.S. 1906, 89, 1742) suggested the possi- 



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bilities of a tetrahedron and triphenylene configuration for a 

 carbon molecule (see fig. 1). 



Dewar {Chem. News, 1908, 97, 16) proposed a concentric for- 

 mula (see fig. 2), basing his view on the oxidation of amorphous 

 carbon to mellitic acid — C 6 (COOH) 6 . 



Redgrove and Thomlinson {Chem. News, 1908, 98, 37) suggested 

 certain modifications of Dewar's formula. 



