"The person who observes a clock, sees in……" — Justus von Liebig
"The person who observes a clock, sees in it not only the pendulum swinging to and fro, and the dial-plate, and the hands moving, for a child can see all this; but he sees also the parts of the clock, and in what connexion the suspended weight stands to the wheel-work, and the pendulum to the moving hands."
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Justus von Liebig
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29 Quotes by Justus von Liebig
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The loveliest theories are being overthrown by these damned experiments; it's no fun being a chemist anymore.
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Only about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other…
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But it must not be forgotten that ... glass and porcelain were manufactured, stuffs dyed and metals separated from their…
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What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention…
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Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense.
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