See mellon on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry, page 603:",
"text": "Mellon (C₁₈N₁₃; Liebig).— This anomalous compound was originally supposed by Liebig to contain C₆N₄, but he has recently repeated and varied his experiments upon it, and has altered its formula as above.",
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"text": "It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.",
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