Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words as methylethylamylophenylium. — William Crookes Copy Share Image
England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
Most students of nature sooner or later pass through a process of writing off a large percentage of their supposed capital of knowledge as… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
The rare earth elements perplex us in our researches, baffle us in our speculations, and haunt us in our very dreams. They stretch like… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
The phenomena in these exhausted tubes reveal to physical science a new world-a world where matter may exist in a fourth state, where the… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
Our alleged facts might be true in all kinds of ways without contradicting any truth already known. I will dwell now on only one… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
Chemists do not usually stutter. It would be very awkward if they did, seeing that they have at times to get out such words… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
“If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
Which was first, Matter or Force? If we think on this question, we shall find that we are unable to conceive of matter without… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
Probably if half a kilogram [of radium] were in a bottle on that table it would kill us all. It would almost certainly destroy… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
It can scarcely be denied that the fundamental phenomena which first led mankind into chemical inquiries are those of combustion. — William Crookes Copy Share Image
![“Probably if half a kilogram [of radium] were in a bottle on that table it would kill us all. It would almost certainly destroy our sight and burn our skins to such an extent that we could not survive. The smallest bit placed on one's arm would produce a blister which it would need months to heal.” quote by William Crookes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/285/william-crookes-34055_arms_probably-if-half-a-kilogram-of-radium-we_1915688.jpg)
