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In his calculations the chemist relies on the supposed chemical relations of the invisible, intangible, and immeasurable particles he calls atoms. These relations have been determined by others in whom he has confidence, and the accuracy of these constants has to be accepted on faith.

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The periodic law has given to chemistry that prophetic power long regarded as the peculiar dignity of its sister science, astronomy.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Henry Carrington Bolton

Henry Carrington Bolton
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Born: January 29, 1843
Died: November 19, 1903 (aged 60)
Bio: Henry Carrington Bolton was a chemist and bibliographer of science.
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  1. Evolution of the Thermometer, 1592-1743 (1900)

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