J. R. Partington on Life
Browse 2 quotations attributed to J. R. Partington, catalogued under life, with dates where available.
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Attributed to J. R. Partington, entry #139352: "The quantitative investigations of Black on the burning of lime and magnesia alba, in which the balance was applied at every turn, led to the rejection of a hypothetical "principl…"
Attributed to J. R. Partington, entry #121973: "The earliest chemical theory was qualitative in the strictest sense; the so-called Aristotelean doctrine of the four elements assumed that air, water, earth, and fire, were qualit…"
2 Quotes by J. R. Partington on Life
"The quantitative investigations of Black on the burning of lime and magnesia alba, in which the balance was applied at every turn, led to the rejection of a hypothetical "principle of causticity," and replaced it by a "sensible ingredient of a sensible body," fixed air."
"The earliest chemical theory was qualitative in the strictest sense; the so-called Aristotelean doctrine of the four elements assumed that air, water, earth, and fire, were qualities impressed on a primal matter; and the changes of material bodies were explained by the assumption that properties could be taken up by, and impressed upon, or removed from, the base-stuff. Transmutation as a possibility followed at once, and centuries of vain endeavour were required to impress the fact of its impossibility, leading to the true concept of element."