2f5g SCIENTIFIC NEWS* 



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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



Prospectus of an Establishment to he called the London 

 Chemical Society. 



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Chemical so- JLT has been observed, that those who cultivate any particular 

 ^' brauch of experimental science are solicitous of associating 



with others engaged in similar stu<lies ; a common interest in 

 the same subject of conversation excites a spirit of inquiry ; 

 thought gives rise to thought, and new ideas, coUecte'd in the 

 friendly intercourse of society, 'often lead to investigations of 

 the greatest importance. The student finds many difficulties 

 removed which impede his progress by the ready information 

 he obtains from men of higher acquirements, whilst those, who 

 a-re skilled in chemical pursuits, frequently receive imporfant 

 observations from the mere lover of the science : to this may 

 be added, that men, however great their iearning or ardour may 

 be for any particular branch of inquiry, yet, when deprived of 

 the opportunity of communicating their ideas to others, not 

 only become negligent and uninterested in improving the stock 

 of knowledge they already possess, but are seldom solicitous 

 about the ilirther cultivation of their menial powers. 



From a conviction of these truths, a number of gentlemen, 

 who have a taste for philosophical chemistry are determined 

 to form themselves into a society, in which the talents of a 

 number may be united, and become extensively useful to each 

 other, by mutual communication of their views, their labours, 

 and acquisitions. That their endeavour may prove as interest- 

 ing as possible, particularly to those promoters of chemical 

 science who cannot devote much time to the perusal of litera- 

 ry journals and periodical pubUcations, arrangements will be 

 made to collect, as speedly as possible, all the chemical news 

 which issue from the laboratories of other operators, both at 

 home and on tho continent; and correspondences will be es- 

 tablished 



