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# M.M. Pattison Muir

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Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, FRSE, FCS (1848–1931) was a British chemist and author. He taught chemistry at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and was head of the Caius Laboratory there. Although he published some research on bismuth compounds, he became known through his textbooks and hist

##  Quotes by M.M. Pattison Muir

> [“The history of science may be described as the history of the attempts, and the failures, of men "to see things as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-m-pattison-muir/the-history-of-science-may-be-described-as-the-history-of-the/)

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