Pasteur

Examples

• On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Pasteur's attention was next directed to the wine industry, which then had an annual value to France of 500,000,000 francs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The father of one of his students was engaged in the manufacture of alcohol from beetroot sugar, and Pasteur came to be consulted when difficulties arose in the manufacturing process. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Louis Pasteur’s work, however, marks the first definite and important results in the study of bacteriology, and he is the father of the germ theory of disease. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Pasteur now applied his energies to the study of virulent diseases, following the principles of his earlier investigations. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Pasteur's interest in these problems of fermentation wa s stimulated by one of the industries of Lille. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We have seen that Pasteur was the son of a tanner, Priestley of a cloth-maker, Dalton of a weaver, Lambert of a tailor, Kant of a saddler, Watt of a shipbuilde r, Smith of a farmer. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This substance Pasteur subjected to special investigation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In 1874 the Government conferred upon Pasteur a life annuity of twelv e thousand francs, an equivalent of his salary as Professor of Chemistry at the Sorb onne. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was in that same year that Pasteur put on record his discovery of the nature of racemic acid, his first great service to science, from which all his o ther services were to proceed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Returning in July, 1870, from a visit to Liebig at Munich, Pasteur heard at Strasburg of the imminence of war. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• When Pasteur at the age of fifteen was in Paris, overcome with homesickness, he had exclaimed, If I could only get a whiff of the old tannery yard, I feel I should be cured. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Pasteur was racked with fears alternating w ith hopes, his anxiety growing more intense as the virulence of the inoculations increased. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Pasteur was seeing ever more clearly the part played by the infinitesimally small in the economy of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• For three generations the Pasteurs had been tanners in the Jura, and they natur ally adhered to that portion of the population which hailed the Revolution as a deliverance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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