A sketch of the revolutions in chemistry / [Thomas P. Smith].

  • Smith, Thomas P. (Thomas Peters), 1777 or 1778-1802
Date:
1798
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Credit: A sketch of the revolutions in chemistry / [Thomas P. Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the privilege of participating in this fcience alfo*. What may we not expect from fuch an acceffion of ta- lents? How fwiftly will the horizon of knowledge recede before our united labours? And what unbounded plea- fure may we not anticipate in treading the paths of {cience with fach pbs a se 4 6 I {hall now, Ecienieas conclude with a few obfans vations on the utility of a general diffufion of chemi- cal .., seestie th America. Living as we do in a new, extenfive and unexplor- ed country, feparated by an immenfe ocean from all other civilized. nations, we mult feel ourfelves deeply interefted ina knowledge of éts mineral productions, and this can only be arrived at through the medium of chemiftry. As far as our very limited knowledge has yet gone, we have every reafon to believe that. nature has been far from beitowing her bleflings on it witha parfimonious hand. Abounding as it does with the richeft ores of the moft valuable metals, we fhould be committing a crime of the blackeft dye, were we. through wilful ignorance to trample under. our feet~ thefe invaluable gifts of the creator. The only true bafison which the inpEPENDENCE of our country can reit are acRicutture and MANUFAG- + Mis. Full hame has la‘e!y w:itten an ingenious piece entitled “Ax * Eff.v on Combuition, with a view to a new art of dying and painting, *¢ wherein the phlogiftie and anti-ph'ogiftic bypotheies are proved erro- “ neous.” Since the delivery of this oration fhe has been elected a cor- refponding memb-r of this fociety. 3 + See note E* — . | y