“People have wracked their brains for an explanation of benzene and how the celebrated man, August Kekulé , managed to come up with the concept of the benzene theory. With regard to the last point especially, a friend of mine… — August Wilhelm Von Hofmann Copy Share
Instead of disbursing her annual millions for these dye stuffs, England will, beyond question, at no distant day become herself the greatest coloring producing country in the world; nay, by the very strangest of revolutions she may ere long send her coal-derived blues to indigo-growing India, her tar-distilled crimson to cochineal-producing Mexico, and her fossil substitutes for quercitron and safflower… — August Wilhelm von Hofmann Copy Share
“People have wracked their brains for an explanation of benzene and how the celebrated man, August Kekulé , managed to come up with the concept of the benzene theory. With regard to the last point especially, a friend of mine who is a farmer and has a lively interest in chemistry has asked me a question which I would like… — August Wilhelm Von Hofmann Copy Share
I will listen to any hypothesis but on one condition-that you show me a method by which it can be tested. — August Wilhelm von Hofmann Copy Share Image
I would trade all my experimental works for the single idea of the benzene theory. — August Wilhelm von Hofmann Copy Share Image
