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6. The *solvated* electron was discovered, before the electron was weighed.

Sat Apr 18, 2020, 12:14 PM

Apr 2020

A little confusion re. the antecedent of "its".

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Rarely is mass of something determined before it is discovered. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1

Thank you. I seem to have had a typo in the title, which I fixed. NNadir Apr 2020 #2

You fixed the double paste, but not the logical error. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #3

The *solvated* electron was discovered, before the electron was weighed. eppur_se_muova Apr 2020 #6