A memorial to the patrons of the University on the present state of practical chemistry / by David Boswell Reid.

Date:
1833
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    MEMORIAL TO THE PATRONS OF THE UNIVERSITY, ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. Dr David Boswell Reid begs leave most respectfully to call the attention of the Right Honourable the Lord Provost and the Gentlemen of the Council, as Patrons of the Uni- versity, to the present state of Practical Chemistry. The importance of this branch of chemical education is now universally admitted. It is necessary for all who study Che- mistry for any scientific or practical purpose. Its connexion with our arts and manufactures is becoming daily more inti- mate, and its rising importance in public estimation is proved by the circumstance, that upwards of 200 gentlemen have at- tended Dr Reid’s Courses of Practical Chemistry during each of the last three years. It is indeed obvious, that not only the wide and daily ex- tending practice, but the future improvements of Chemistry, must, in a great measure, depend upon the exertions of those who are practically conversant with its operations. Hence a proper school of Practical Chemistry may be considered as multiplying the resources of the science, and the means of improvement, just in proportion to the number who are train- ed in it. a 2