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There is in the chemist a form of thought by which all ideas become visible in the mind as strains of an imagined piece of…

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The loveliest theories are being overthrown by these damned experiments; it's no fun being a chemist anymore.
Observation is like a piece of glass, which, as a mirror, must be very smooth, and must be very carefully polished, in…
The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate, and the…
I would... establish the conviction that Chemistry, as an independent science, offers one of the most powerful means towards the attainment of…
I will now direct the attention of scientists to a previously unnoticed cause which brings about the metamorphosis and decomposition phenomena which…
In the progressive growth of astronomy, physics or mechanical science was developed, and when this had been, to a certain degree, successfully…
Only about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other physical sciences.…
Without an acquaintance with chemistry, the statesman must remain a stranger to the true vital interests of the state, to the means…
But it must not be forgotten that ... glass and porcelain were manufactured, stuffs dyed and metals separated from their ores by…
What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command…
I have learnt that all our theories are not Truth itself, but resting places or stages on the way to the conquest…
If it is impossible to judge merit and guilt in the field of natural science, then it is not possible in any…

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