The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an hypothesis adapted to the explanation of chemical phenomena... whether a further development of the atomic… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
Carbon is, as may easily be shown and as I shall explain in greater detail later, tetrabasic or tetratomic, that is 1 atom of… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
Let us learn to dream, gentlemen; then we shall perhaps find the truth. — August Kekule Copy Share Image
Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school. — August Kekule Copy Share Image
“During my stay in London I resided for a considerable time in Clapham Road in the neighbourhood of Clapham Common... One fine summer evening… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
The separate atoms of a molecule are not connected all with all, or all with one, but, on the contrary, each one is connected… — August Kekule Copy Share Image