A refutation of the remarks on the Institutes of experimental chemistry: in a letter addressed to the members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce / [Robert Dossie].

  • Dossie, Robert, -1777
Date:
1760
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Credit: A refutation of the remarks on the Institutes of experimental chemistry: in a letter addressed to the members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce / [Robert Dossie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEMBERSofthe SOCIETY FOR THE Encouragement of Arts, Manufadiiures, and Commerce. Gentlemeriy I Beg leave to fubmit to your confideration this defence of myfelf and my writings^ from an attempt to difparage and ritpre¬ date the one through the other: and, by that means, to leflen my pretenfions, as a candidate^ to the office of principal fecretary to your fociety. I do noty therefore^ lay the fubjed: of this letter before you mee’rly in a literary light; which poffibly might not appear fo pertinent to you t but as the occafion of the difpute in queftion arifes folely from my being a candidate to an office in your eledlon, and the ground of it is an attempt to influence your opinion of me in relation to that concern, I hope the addrefs- ing myfelf to you in this view, will not be thought improper To you, as the mofl: fit tri¬ bunal, I confequently appeal, with the greatelb confidence in your juftice and candour. The fame fpirit of benevolence and patriotifm, that links you together as a fociety, folely in the de- fign of advancing the intereft of your country, ^ will, I doubt not, operate alfo, relatively to a private cafe, in the breafts of each individual; A 2 and » I
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