Chemist

Examples

• We have used for a number of years in this laboratory a form of constant water bath which was contrived by Mr. Edward Bogardus, formerly chemist to the New Jersey State Geological Survey. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He thought that if Davy had not been the first chemist he would have been the first poet of the age. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Coleridge said, I attend Davy’s lectures to increase my stock of metaphors, and there were many others who went to hear the young chemist for other reasons than a liking for science. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Edison has said that sometimes he has wondered how it was he did not become an analytical chemist instead of concentrating on electricity, for which he had at first no great inclination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Davy himself, in spite of his reputation as a chemist, placed this invention above all his other work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Analytical Chemist again bends and whispers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The scales are set according to the chemist's weighing orders, and the material is fed into the scales from the hoppers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I merely wanted to observe, my Lord,' said the chemist, taking his seat with great deliberation, 'that I've left nobody but an errand-boy in my shop. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Sydney Carton took no heed, and the chemist said: For you, citizen? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Jackson, an eminent chemist of the same city. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Edison's chief chemist says: We left no stone unturned to find a way of making those chemicals so that they would give the highest results. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Swear me, if you please, Sir;' and sworn the chemist was, before the judge could find words to utter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was not until 1827-29 that John Walker, chemist, at Stockton-upon-Tees, improved upon the idea of Prometheus and Hanckwitz of giving fire to men in a hollow tube. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The Analytical chemist, who is gloomily looking on, has diabolical impulses to suggest 'Wind' and throw up his situation; but represses them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I have no assistant, my Lord,' said the chemist. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But it required the work of the chemists as well as the mechanics to produce the best gas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Davy was now one of the foremost chemists of the world, but he could as yet hardly lay claim to the title of inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Natural philosophers, chemists, inventors, mechanics, all now pressed forward, and still press forward to improve the art, to establish new growths from the old art, and extend its domains. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• These discoveries were made by Scheele in his endeavours to find in light the source of phlogiston--that _ignis fatuus_ of the chemists of the last century. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• On my sacred word of honour it is lucky for Society that modern chemists are, by incomprehensible good fortune, the most harmless of mankind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The alizarine dyes are for the most part the artificial kind made by German chemists. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Several years later this same man attempted to defraud a leading firm of manufacturing chemists in New York, and was sent to State prison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Wollaston and Gay-Lussac, both great chemists, applied Dalton's discovery to wide and most important fields in the chemical arts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Chemists--I assert it emphatically--might sway, if they pleased, the destinies of humanity. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Cuvier said, Davy, not yet thirty-two, in the opinion of all who could judge of such labors, held the first rank among the chemists of this or of any other age. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Many United States patents granted to foreign chemists are still in force, and the rich reward of their skill is reaped at our expense. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It has given to the artists, through its chemists, a world of new colours, and through its mechanics new and convenient appliances. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is said to have occurred in the aged and persons that were fat and hard drinkers, but most chemists reject the theory and altogether discredit it. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• No doubt what gave special zest to his study of the alkalis was the hope of overthrowing the doctrine of French chemists that oxygen was the e ssential element of every acid. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Edison found that comparatively little was known by manufacturing chemists about nickel and iron oxides of the high grade and purity he required. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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