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Quotes from Historical View of the Progress of Chemistry — Humphry Davy

1778–1829 England

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The only processes which can be called chemical, known to the civilized nations of antiquity, belonged to certain arts, such as metallurgy, dyeing, and the manufacture of glass or porcelain; but these processes appear to have been independent of each other, pursued in the workshop alone, and unconnected with general knowledge.

Historical View of the Progress of Chemistry (1812)

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