15 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Thoughts on Chemistry as an Early Science
Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the attention of the liberal mind. And it must always become more and more so: for though it is only of late, that it has been looked upon in that light, the great progress already made in Chymical knowledge, gives us a pleasant prospect of rich additions to it. The Science is now studied on solid and rational grounds. While our knowledge is imperfect, it is apt to ru...Folksonomies: chemistry experimentation
Folksonomies: chemistry experimentation
The knowledge is imperfect, but Joseph Black predicts the errors will be weeded out through experimentation.