Antoine Lavoisier Quote

As chemistry advances towards perfection by dividing and subdividing, it is impossible to say where it will end; and these things we at present suppose simple may soon be found quite otherwise.


Elements of Chemistry in a New Systematic Order - Part II, Section I (p. 177), W. Creech. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1790


As chemistry advances towards perfection by dividing and subdividing, it is impossible to say where it will end; and these things we at present...

As chemistry advances towards perfection by dividing and subdividing, it is impossible to say where it will end; and these things we at present...

As chemistry advances towards perfection by dividing and subdividing, it is impossible to say where it will end; and these things we at present...

As chemistry advances towards perfection by dividing and subdividing, it is impossible to say where it will end; and these things we at present...