...was sitting, writing at my text-book ; but the work did not progress ; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms werergambolling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental...

..."I was sitting, writing at my text-book; but the work did not progress; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were gambolling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental...

...I was sitting, writing at my text-book, but the work did not progress. My thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the...my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish...

...time the atoms were gambolling before my eyes. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish larger structures of manifold conformation, long rows, sometimes closely fitted together, all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One...

...ring formula for the benzene molecule. "I was writing at my text-book, but the work did not progress. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were gamboling before my eyes. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish larger structures,...

...devoted a great deal of conscious thought to its enigmatic structure. Kekule describes the discovery: I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the...my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish...

...putting on paper at least sketches of these dream forms . (pp. 36-37) On another occasion, he writes: I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the...my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of the kind, could now distinguish...

...fire, half awake, half asleep, letting the patterns of the flames and coals inspire him. He explained: I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the...my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish...

...structures played before his eyes. He wrote: My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish larger structures,...manifold conformation; long rows, sometimes more closely fitting together; all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the...

...a dreamy state he came up with the right theory of molecular structure. He liked to tell about it. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were gambolling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental...