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- 1 2 3 Pratt, Herbert T. (2004). "Henry Carrington Bolton: A Truly Renaissance Man" (PDF). Boltonia. Chemical Heritage Foundation. January (6): 2–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2018. The rest of the issue is also about Bolton and his works.
- 1 2 3 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
- ↑ "The Bolton Society". Science History Institute. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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