...the course of his lectures on the metals, given in 1818 to the City Philosophical Society, he says, " to decompose the metals, then to reform them, to change...the difficult task, and think the means far beyond them. Let us but look to the means which have given us these bodies, and to their gradual development,...

...of chemistry and physics point very strongly to such a conclusion, and agrees with Faraday, that, " to decompose the metals, then to reform them, to change them from one to another, and to realize the once absurd notion of transmutation, are the problems now given to the chemist for solution."...

...to us of a different nature, and some (men of celebrity too) have found metals even among these. ' To decompose the metals, then, to reform them, to...everything may be gained by energy and perseverance. Let us but look to the means which have given us these bodies, and to their gradual development, and...

...you could decompose an element it would be a discovery indeed worth making To decompose the metal?, then to reform them, to change them from one to another and to realize the once absurd notion of transmutation, are the problems now given to the chemist for solution."...

...elements. For a time the desire was to add to the metals, now we wish to diminish their number. . . . To decompose the metals, then, to reform them, to...the problems now given to the chemist for solution.' Mr. Herbert Spencer, in his hypothesis of the constitution of matter, says :— ' All material substances...

...etc. J There were as many as 10,000 at Bologna, 5,000 at Oxford, over 25,000 at Paris, etc metals, to re-form them, to change them from one to another,...the problems now given to the chemist for solution." This from Faraday, and to show the reader that the alchemists were far from being poor dreamers whose...

...the course of his lectures on the metals, given in 1818 to the City Philosophical Society, he says, " to decompose the metals, then to re-form them, to...the difficult task, and think the means far beyond them. Let us but look to the means which have given us these bodies, and to their gradual development,...

...the course of his lectures on the metals, given in 1818 to the City Philosophical Society, he says, " to decompose the metals, then to reform them, to change...the difficult task, and think the means far beyond them. Let us but look to the means which have given us these bodies, and to their gradual development,...

...Kursus über Chemie hielt. In der sechzehnten Vorlesung, nach der Beschreibung der Metalle, schließt er mit folgenden allgemeinen Betrachtungen : »To...Geschichte die Mittel zur Abscheidung der Metalle aus ihren Verbindungen immer ausgiebiger und wirksamer geworden sind, erwähnt er die damals noch in...

...wish for a new staU1 of chemical elements. To decompose the metals, to re-form them, and to realize the once absurd notion of transmutation are the problems now given to the chemist for solution. But Faraday was always remarkable for the l>oldness and originality with which he regarded generally...