Paper, 'Note on a new class of alcohols' by Aug [Auguste André Thomas] Cahours and A W [August Wilhelm von] Hofmann The authors describe a series of experiments undertaken with the aim of producing the alcohol and ether of the acryl series. Annotations in pencil throughout. Subject: Chemistry Received 31 January 1856. Read 7 February 1856. This paper was published in full in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on a new class of alcohols'. 1856