History of chemistry Quotes
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“It is therefore the occult or hidden science, the black art.”
“[T]he Alchemical Period... may with propriety be called "The Ancient History of Chemistry."”
“The ovum from which chemistry has been slowly evolved seems to have been sorcery and magic.”
“Chemistry is a French science. It was founded Lavoisier, of immortal memory.”
“The ancient Egyptians... had a profound knowledge of the art of making, tinting, and working glass.”
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“Even though Mendeleev always denied that electrons exist, they later turned out to be vital for ordering the elements in his table.”
“[T]he Chinese... had... knowledge of metals, alloys, colors, and salts for a long time, and that they manufactured gun powder and porcelain before they were known in Europe.”
“[S]ince the time of Lavoisier, the wealth of the science has been increased a hundredfold. Hence, the frame in which that great genius enclosed his system has become too narrow.”
“Plutarch tells us that Chemia was a name given Egypt on account of the black soil, and that this term further meant the black of the eye, symbolizing that which was obscure and hidden.”
“We avoid the gravest difficulties when, giving up the attempt to frame hypotheses concerning the constitution of matter, we pursue statistical inquiries as a branch of rational mechanics.”
“Davy held that if the battery is strong enough any compound may be decomposed, and that chemical affinity is merely a form of electric attraction. He vigorously put his theory into practice...”
“For ages, it had been nothing but a collection of obscure receipts, often fallacious, used by the Alchemists, and afterwards by the Iatrochemists.”