Citations:chemistry


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * He began his lecture by a recapitulation of the history of chemistry and the various improvements made by different men of learning, pronouncing with fervour the names of the most distinguished discoverers.
 * After having made a few preparatory experiments, he concluded with a panegyric upon modern chemistry, the terms of which I shall never forget: "The ancient teachers of this science," said he, "promised impossibilities and performed nothing.
 * From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation.