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the paper it is clearly and distinctly stated that the paper 
was produced and read by Mr. Dancer, and that “ E. W. 
Binney, F.G.S., President of the Section, was in the 
chair.” Notwithstanding this obvious and unmistakable 
fact, the writer on ozone in the June number of 1876 of the 
journal, or just four months after Mr. Dancer had produced 
his paper, states that “We learn from a paper read by Mr. 
Binney at a recent meeting of the Manchester Literary and 
Philosophical Society, that the atmosphere of towns may be 
sensibly ozonised, and, of course improved in quality by the 
action of public fountains.” So that the accuracy of this 
scientific writer makes Mr. Binney most innocently do duty 
for Mr. Dancer. But this is not all. In the case of his 
favourite. Signor Bullucci, he professes to give a quotation 
from what we thus learn the Signor has written. But Mr. 
Dancer, our own countryman, is not treated so kindly. Of 
course we ought to be kind and do the highest justice to the 
talents of foreigners, but this is no reason why Mr. Dancer, 
our own countrj^man, should be plagiarised. 1 shall not stop 
to ask what the writer is referring to, when he states that 
‘ A certain sea-side town has been considerably puffed into 
notoriety as a suitable resort for persons seeking health on 
account of the quantity of ozone in the atmosphere,” he says, 
“We will not dispute the fact,” but if it be a fact, to talk 
of disputation is sheer nonsense ; “ but,” continues the 
writer, “ it may be doubted whether one sea-side town, 
more than another, naturally possesses any specially large 
amount of ozone.” If this writer had the knowledge he 
pretends to have, his doubts on this matter, if facts are any- 
thing to him, would soon be removed. Now, I ask, where 
does the following language come from, which this writer 
uses as his own ? “What, however, is ozone “This is a 
question not easily answered in a satisfactory manner.” Mr. 
Dancer’s language, written four months before was identical 
with this. He writes, “ What is ozone ? This is a question 
