An introductory lecture, delivered in King's College, London, October 11, 1831 / by J.F. Daniell.

  • Daniell, J. Frederic (John Frederic), 1790-1845.
Date:
1831
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Credit: An introductory lecture, delivered in King's College, London, October 11, 1831 / by J.F. Daniell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    INTRODUCTORY LECTURE. Mr. Principal and Gentlemen, In addressing you upon this interesting, this exciting occasion, I am sensible that some- thing more is required of me than a mere ele- mentary introduction to a course of Chemistry. I am conscious that it would ill become me to discourse before a general audience, amongst whom are so many of the patrons of science, of education, and of this noble institution, assem- bled together to encourage our undertaking and to animate our exertions,—it would ill become me, I feel, to enlarge, before such an assembly, upon the simple propositions which properly constitute the first objects of the student's atten- tion. And yet it is with the most unaffected diffidence that I shall venture for a moment to deviate from the straight and obvious path of the ordinary duties which devolve upon me, from A 2