A Short History of Chemistry Quotes
Chemistry books, History of chemistry, Works about the history of science
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“Thermodynamics”
“History of science”
“History of medicine”
“It [chemistry] is therefore the occult or hidden science, the black art.”
“The phraseology in the early treatises is similar to that in the priestly writings.”
“In the beginning of the twelfth century Averrhoes attained prominence as a physician and chemist.”
“[A]part from mysticism and magic... the practical and useful came first before all theory.”
“His [Geber's] philosophy was not very advanced, as he ascribed the various phenomena he observed to occult causes.”
“They were ignorant of the metal zinc in the free state.”
“It is impossible to tell how much of the magical and alchemical should justly be accredited to
[ Demokritos].”
“Pliny tells us that Demokritos was instructed in magic by Ostanes the Mede.”
“The ancients, especially the Egyptians, were very skilful workers in metals. They made gold wire and leaf, and fine inlaid work, and very beautiful ornaments.”
“Empedokles introduced the idea of four distinct elements, — earth, air, fire, and water, — which were not interchangeable, but formed all things by mixing.”
“Lime was burned and mortar made from it, though the earliest cementing material was bitumen.”
“The works of Demokritos and his school formed a sort of encyclopaedia of philosophy and science. These books are unfortunately lost, with the exception of a few fragments.”
“[T]here is a similarity easily detected between the hieroglyphics and the alchemical signs.”
“[T]he ancients... had a sort of practical or technical chemistry. In certain branches of metallurgy, in glass-making, dyeing, and tanning, they attained decided proficiency.”
“The ovum from which chemistry has... slowly evolved seems to have been sorcery and magic.”