Excerpt from Chemistry No Mystery, or a Lecturer's Bequest: Being the Subject-Matter of a Course of Lectures, Delivered by an Old Philosopher, and Taken in Short-Hand by One of the Audience, Whose Name Is Not KnownBut of all our visitors one holds a pre-eminent seat in my memory, as having conferred on us a great and lasting benefit. He was an infirm and care-worn Old man, whose mind, however, enjoyed its primary vigour, while his body was fast sinking under the weight of disease, and old age. What had been his avocations 1 know not, but he was thoroughly acquainted with scientific information, and delighted in impart ing it to those around him, and on this account we gave him the name of the Old Philosopher.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.