Volume 1

Chemistry, meteorology and the function of digestion considered with reference to natural theology / By William Prout.

  • Prout, William, 1785-1850.
Date:
1834
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Chemistry, meteorology and the function of digestion considered with reference to natural theology / By William Prout. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [SECOND EDITION.] Tue Author in certain parts of this treatise having been misunderstood, is anxious to state more prominently than in the first edition, that no argument illustrative of design has been founded on the supposed molecular arrangements which he has given ; and that the reality of design in the phe- nomena of chemistry is no more affected by the truth or falsehood of his theory, than the moral of a fable is affected by the truth or falsehood of its imaginary incidents. The phenomena of chemistry can neither be represented by figures, nor adequately described to the inexperienced’ by words. The consideration of chemistry, therefore, with reference to the argument of design, presents peculiar difficulties. After much