...full congregation, Professor of Chemistry. " At the time this honour was conferred upon me, I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable...on the subject; nor seen a single experiment in it; but I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the vc/iementiarima gloria ciipido stimulated...

...lectures in the University, he declined the contest. At the time this honour was conferred upon me, I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable...on the subject ; nor seen a single experiment in it ; but I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the vehementissima gloria cupido stimulated...

...of Chemistry, on the death of Dr. iladley. ' At the time this honour was conferred upon me, I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable...the subject ; nor seen a single experiment in it; hut I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the vehement issinin gloria citpiiln stimulated...

...lectures in the University, he declined the contest. At the time this honour was conferred upon me, I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable...on the subject; nor seen a single experiment in it; but I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the vehementissima gloria cupido stimulated...

...shelves with bulky systems of German Chemistry. " At the time this honour was conferred upon me, I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable...on the subject ; nor seen a single experiment in it ; but I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the vehementistima gloria cupido stimulated...

...in 1762, in 176* he was unanimously elected Professor of Chemistry, although, oberves he, " I knew nothing at all of chemistry, had never read a syllable on the subject, nor seen a single experiment on it ; but I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the — Vehementissimae gloria...

...in 1 762, in 1 76* he was unanimously elected Professor of Chemistry, although, oberves he, " I knew nothing at all of chemistry, had never read a syllable on the subject, nor seen a single experiment on it ; but I was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy, and the — Vehementissimee gloria...

...abilities and perseverance. '• At the time that honour was conferred <и me," he «ays, " I knew nothing at all of chemistry,— had never read a syllable on the subject, nor seen a single experiment on it, — but 1 was tired with mathematics and natural philosophy ; and the ^iiifmcnlltsii/ta glor\<e...

...honours : and, Nov. 19, 1764, was unanimously elected professor of chemistry, though he had then u never read a syllable on the subject, nor seen a single experiment." He procured, however, an operator from Paris ; buried himself, as it were, in his laboratory ; and,...

...Cambridge, in Nov. 1764, elected him prufetsor of ckemutry, " Though, at the same time, I knew," says he,*4 nothing at all of chemistry, had never read a syllable on the subject, nor had seen a single experiment in it.*' Yet 1/64 is described by the Quarterly Review (Nos. 35, 235)...