John Davy (chemist) Quote

In the progress of an art, from its rudest to its more perfect state, the whole process depends upon experiment. Science is in fact nothing more than the refinement of common sense making use of facts already known to acquire new facts.


Consolations in Travel, or the Last Days of a Philosopher, Dialogue V (p. 234), J. Murray. 1830


In the progress of an art, from its rudest to its more perfect state, the whole process depends upon experiment. Science is in fact nothing more than ...

In the progress of an art, from its rudest to its more perfect state, the whole process depends upon experiment. Science is in fact nothing more than ...

In the progress of an art, from its rudest to its more perfect state, the whole process depends upon experiment. Science is in fact nothing more than ...

In the progress of an art, from its rudest to its more perfect state, the whole process depends upon experiment. Science is in fact nothing more than ...