I find myself confronted with the task of settling by decisive experiments a question of interest in physics, namely, whether water can be changed into earth, as was thought by the old philosophers, and still is thought by some chemists of the day.


Quoted in William Allan Hamor, The Science-history of the Universe (Volume 4)


I find myself confronted with the task of settling by decisive experiments a question of interest in physics, namely, whether water can be changed...

I find myself confronted with the task of settling by decisive experiments a question of interest in physics, namely, whether water can be changed...

I find myself confronted with the task of settling by decisive experiments a question of interest in physics, namely, whether water can be changed...

I find myself confronted with the task of settling by decisive experiments a question of interest in physics, namely, whether water can be changed...