One thing that impressed many of the American advertisers «nd lawyers, on their visit to London recently was the rule: No smoking till after the Royal Toast. When the visitors were in strong enough muster this toast and that of their President were the signals for a burst of hand-clapping a little strange to British ears. But none of the American euphemisms for "Gentlemen, you may smoke" approached the full-rounded, scientific flavour of the late Lord Kelvin's, "Gentlemen, the dissolution of cellular tissue into free chemical molecules will now begin."
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18184, 22 September 1924, Page 15
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