Joost RekveldAn interesting page from the 1790 "Elemens de Chimie" by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, a central figure in the emergence of the chemical industry in France in the 18th century.
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A translation could be:
“The birth of almost all the arts is due to chance; in general this is not the fruit of research or the result of combinations. But chemistry has a more or less pronounced connection to all of them; it can clarify their principles, correct their abuses, simplify their means and hasten their progress.
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Chemistry is to most of the arts what mathematics is to the parts that it clarifies with its principles; it is maybe possible to realize works of mechanics without being a Mathematician, in the same way it is possible to produce a beautiful scarlet without being a Chemist; … ”
Chemistry is to most of the arts what mathematics is to the parts that it clarifies with its principles; it is maybe possible to realize works of mechanics without being a Mathematician, in the same way it is possible to produce a beautiful scarlet without being a Chemist; … ”