[Grammar] as much more delicate than ether as

[jacob123]

Is the author using the construction of "as...as"?

There may be other fine essences which are as much more delicate than ether as ether is when compared with air.

"The History of Spiritualism," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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[GoesStation]

No. The text says as much … as.

 

[PeterCW]

I had to read the line three times before I worked out exactly what he was trying to say.