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phry Davy, who ever after was a strenuous supporter of it 
Instead of Dalton’s term “atom,” which Thomson adopted, Davy 
always used the word “proportion,” and Wollaston “ equivalent,” 
which was much better; but whatever term we employ, now that the 
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ble particle) greatly’contributed to the reception of the doctrine of 
08 Mr. f his 
Thomson’s notes.” 
9. Prefatory Notice of Laurent’s Méthode de Chemie ; by J. B. Biot. 
—This work, rich in new ideas, which have often proved fruitful to the 
while in the arms of death. I 
should be received with serious consideration, and a mind free from 
previous prejudices. But to read it with profit and a just appreciation, 
t is important to bear in mind the end which Laurent had in view in i 
of analogies drawn from experiment, which should guide them by the 
special conditions in either case. For we should expect that the reac- 
preéxistence cannot be affirmed. Hence it may be justly said that it 
judges of bodies only after they have ceased to exist. 
