An introductory discourse [on the principles of chemical science], delivered in the amphitheatre of the London Institution. On Wednesday the 5th of May, 1819 / by William Thomas Brande.

  • Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866.
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1819
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Credit: An introductory discourse [on the principles of chemical science], delivered in the amphitheatre of the London Institution. On Wednesday the 5th of May, 1819 / by William Thomas Brande. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tried up by Dr. Robertson, in his View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the subversion of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the l6th century, that I shall not attempt either to abridge or recapitu¬ late them. The revival of letters was fol- lowed by the Protestant reformation, and by the invention of printing. The former encouraged a freedom of inquiry into reli¬ gious matters, which diffused a congenial liberality of sentiment over other subjects of investigation; in philosophy it tended to dispel the trifling cavillings of Aristotle con¬ cerning matter, form, motion, and time; and it gradually led to the substitution of reason for habit, as a governing principle. The invention of printing was also at¬ tended with most important effects upon the human mind. For us, says an elegant writer upon this subject^, who have been accus¬ tomed from our infancy to the use of books, it is not easy to form an adequate idea of the disadvantages which those laboured • ii. ... ■' • '■ .. —;• ' V • p ,*u r i, . t # See Mr. Dugald Stewart’s Dissertation, prefixed to the Supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannic a.