Chemistry no mystery, or, A lecturer's bequest. Being the subject-matter of a course of lectures, delivered by an old philosopher, and taken in short-hand by one of the audience, whose name is not known / Arranged from the original manuscript, and rev., by John Scoffern.

  • Scoffern, J. (John), 1814-1882.
Date:
1839
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Credit: Chemistry no mystery, or, A lecturer's bequest. Being the subject-matter of a course of lectures, delivered by an old philosopher, and taken in short-hand by one of the audience, whose name is not known / Arranged from the original manuscript, and rev., by John Scoffern. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    for I should remark, the French revolutionary wars had just ceased. He proceeded to inform us that the French literary and scientific men had established, at a village named Arcueil, a philosophic institution, from which great bene- fits would most probably accrue to every de- partment of learning. One can hardly ima- gine, said he, that so many highly talented men will concentrate their energies into one focus without producing some great and im- portant results. For my own part, I am very sanguine that their scheme will meet with all the success it deserves, and I think their exam- ple should be very generally followed. Indeed I should much like to establish such an institu- tion in this very place, and if my friends will support me in the undertaking it shall forthwith be done. The old gentleman now ceasing for an in- stant, gave a penetrating glance at our features, to see if we accorded with his proposal; and, without waiting for an answer, because he said by the expression of our faces that we were