Excerpt from Discourse, Introductory to a Course of Lectures on Chemistry: Including a View of the Subject, and Utility of That Science; Delivered at Pittsburgh, the Sixth of November, 1811
In support oft these assertions, which' to some of you might rather appear exaggerated, you will allow me, gen tlemen, to enter upon a few particulars with respect to the different applications of 'chemical knowledge in, private and social life.
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