Author : William Henry
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2017-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780265584590
Book Description
Excerpt from The Elements of Experimental Chemistry, Vol. 1 of 2 It is impossible to direct our views to the future im provement of this wide field of science, without deeply lamenting the privation, which we have lately sustained, of two of its most successful cultivators, Sir Humphry Davy and Dr. Wollaston, - at a period of life, too, when it seemed reasonable to have expected, from each of them, a much longer continuance of his invaluable labours. To those high gifts of nature, which are the characteris tics of genius, and which'eonstitute its very essence, both those eminent men united an unwearied industry and zeal in research, and habits of accurate reasoning, with out which even the energies of genius are inadequate to the achievement of great scientific designs. With these excellencies, common to both, they were nevertheless dis tinguishable by marked intellectual peculiarities. Bold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.