It ought likewise to be considered, that very little of chemistry can be learned in a first course, which is hardly sufficient to make the language of the science familiar to the ears, or the apparatus familiar to the eyes. It is almost impossible to become a chemist in less than three or four years of constant application.


Elements of Chemistry in a New Systematic Order - Preface of the Author (p. xix), Printed for William Creech. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1790

Antoine Lavoisier Quotes

It ought likewise to be considered, that very little of chemistry can be learned in a first course, which is hardly sufficient to make the language...

It ought likewise to be considered, that very little of chemistry can be learned in a first course, which is hardly sufficient to make the language...

It ought likewise to be considered, that very little of chemistry can be learned in a first course, which is hardly sufficient to make the language...

It ought likewise to be considered, that very little of chemistry can be learned in a first course, which is hardly sufficient to make the language...