"The word chemistry, in Greek should be wrote χημια, and in Latin and English chemia and chemistry; not as usual, chym…"

"Chemistry as an earnest and respectable science is often said to date from 1661, when Robert Boyle of Oxford publishe…"

"By convention (νόμῳ) sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is …"

"Even though Mendeleev always denied that electrons exist, they later turned out to be vital for ordering the elements…"

"Lavoisier... was at once the author of a new theory and the creator of the true method in chemistry; and the superior…"

"I need only remind you of Davy's great researches: nitrous oxide; electric conduction and decomposition—resulting, on…"

"The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a …"

"We avoid the gravest difficulties when, giving up the attempt to frame hypotheses concerning the constitution of matt…"

"The distinction would only come to Mendeleev halfway through writing his Principles of Chemistry. ...chemical practic…"

"Alkimia Speculativa... treats of the generation of things from their elements, and of all inanimate things—as of the …"