Excerpt from James Woodhouse: A Pioneer in Chemistry 1770-1808
Offering to readers the biography of a man who ceased to live one hundred and nine years ago may call for explanation; if so, the reasons are at hand. First, the subject of this sketch was a chemist; second, the status of chemical science in our country, at present, is excellent, and in the future is bound to rise to an even more exalted position, so it is hoped that the student of its history, upon inquiring as to its rise and development, will welcome the facts pertaining to the labors and successes of its earliest pioneers. However, the records of these are widely scattered, and what is more, are rapidly disappearing. To assemble those still extant would require much time and enduring patience. The material presented in the life-story of James Woodhouse has been gathered through many years, and as it has grown and been studied there shone forth in it innumerable evidences of a splendid, masterly leadership, with data of exceptional value.
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