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was attended by a large number of students. 

 These were chiefly medical students, but a con- 

 siderable number also were students who wished 

 to learn chemistry to practise it in the various 

 chemical manufactories in Glasgow and the North 

 of England, while some went to learn chemistry 

 solely for the sake of science. A chemical 

 laboratory has now become indispensable in all 

 universities. A notable development of chemical 

 laboratories with reference to practical education 

 in chemistry, was made by Liebig not many years 

 after 1831. I fix that date from personal recol- 

 lection. In 1831 I first came to Glasgow, and I 

 well remember that the building containing the 

 chemical lecture room and laboratory existed then. 

 How long before 1831 it was built I do not at 

 this moment recollect. The world-renowned 

 laboratory of Liebig brought together all the 

 young chemists of the day. If I were to name 

 the great men who studied at Giessen I should 

 have to name almost every one of the great 

 chemists of the present day who were young forty 

 years ago. His laboratory was in full and flourish- 

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