...the divisions be ever so minute, the number of particles must be finite ; just as in a given space in the universe the number of stars and planets cannot...considered an important object to ascertain the relative weights of the simples which constitute a compound. But unfortunately the inquiry has terminated here...

...Chemistry, 2nd edition. Chapter Hi. page 212. . . . 'Chemical analysis and synthesis go no farther than to the separation of particles one from another,...joining those that were previously at a distance. 1 ' Subsequent experience renders this conjecture less probable.' ' In all chemical investigations,...

...Chemistry, 2nd edition. Chapter iii. page 2 1 2. ... ' Chemical analysis and synthesis go no farther than to the separation of particles one from another,...joining those that were previously at a distance. ' ' Subsequent experience render* this conjecture less probable.' ' In all chemical investigations,...

...Chemistry, 2nd edition. Chapter iii. page 212. . . . 'Chemical analysis and synthesis go no farther than to the separation of particles one from another,...joining those that were previously at a distance. 1 ' Subbequcm experience renders this conjecture less probable,' ' In all chemical investigations,...

...particles must be f1nite; just as in a 'given space of the universe the number of stars and planets 1 cannot be infinite. ' Chemical analysis and synthesis...combination, and joining those that were previously at a 1 distance. ' In all chemical investigations it has justly been consider'ed an important object to...

...agency. We might as well attempt to ' introduce a new planet into the solar system, or to annihi' late one already in existence, as to create or destroy...In all chemical investigations it has justly been consider' ed an important object to ascertain the relative weights of ' the simples which constitute...

...universe, the number of stars and planets cannot be infinite. Chemical analysis and synthesis go no farther than to the separation of particles one from another,...considered an important object to ascertain the relative weights of the simples which constitute a compound. But unfortunately the enquiry has terminated here;...

...their reunion. No new creation or destruction of matter is within * Heury's Life of Daltou, p. 51. the reach of chemical agency. We might as well attempt...joining those that were previously at a distance." The idea of chemical combination as a union of particles of determinate mass once conceived, soon found...

...passage taken from his "Chemical Philosophy" (1808): " Chemical analysis and synthesis go no farther than to the separation of particles one from another,...joining those that were previously at a distance." If, then, two elements combining in the same proportion may produce two or more distinct compounds,...

...creation or destruction of matter is within the reach of chemical agency. 8 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet...joining those that were previously at a distance." ' If, then, two elements combining in the same proportion may produce two or more distinct compounds,...