A vast number of observations without order or regularity is not unlike a confused heap of stones, lime, beams, and rafters requisite for constructing an edifice, but which being combined with no skill fail in producing the proposed effect.


Quoted in Joseph William Mellor, A Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, (Volume 1)

Torbern Bergman Quotes

A vast number of observations without order or regularity is not unlike a confused heap of stones, lime, beams, and rafters requisite for...

A vast number of observations without order or regularity is not unlike a confused heap of stones, lime, beams, and rafters requisite for...

A vast number of observations without order or regularity is not unlike a confused heap of stones, lime, beams, and rafters requisite for...

A vast number of observations without order or regularity is not unlike a confused heap of stones, lime, beams, and rafters requisite for...