The Tendencies of Chemistry 



the present classifications are bad. It is a 

 reasonable conclusion that the science of the 

 future, though daily approaching unity, will 

 be susceptible of division into three broad groups : 

 sciences of the ether, sciences of inanimate 

 matter, and sciences of life. 



Hence chemistry, mechanics, and part of our 

 present physics appear destined to combine in 

 one great synthesis. This new grouping of the 

 sciences will doubtlessly reveal in due course 

 harmonies now unsuspected. 



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