Talk:The Sceptical Chymist

Latest comment: 8 years ago by 2A02:8388:1600:A880:BE5F:F4FF:FECD:7CB2 in topic Original book

This article appears to owe much to Partington, J. R. (1951). A Short History of Chemistry. Macmillan. p. 67. (2nd edition). Expert attention would be appreciated. - Astrochemist (talk) 19:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Yes, Partington tends to overstate the chemistry achievements of his countrymen, although he is more moderate in this respect than previous British historians of science. For example, Partington was also among the few scholars that in the latter half of the 20th century still hung to the idea that Roger Bacon had a formula for gunpowder. Bert S. Hall wrote this in his 1999 introduction to the reprint of Partington's History of Greek Fire and gunpowder:
Aye, Have mörser, will travel (talk) 08:32, 7 October 2011 (UTC)Reply


speculating about the fundamentals of matter? This guys sounds more like a "physicist" to me xD DarkShroom (talk) 18:54, 29 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Influence

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It would be nice to expand the influence subsection. In modern chemistry books, Robert Boyle is often touted as one of the "modern" chemists, but apparently there is like a ... 300 years gap onward. So how did his book influence chemists past 1700? That would be nice to see, if anyone can expand on this subsection. 2A02:8388:1600:A880:BE5F:F4FF:FECD:7CB2 (talk) 20:46, 8 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Original book

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Where is the book kept today? Is it still available in original form? The main article could show this information. 2A02:8388:1600:A880:BE5F:F4FF:FECD:7CB2 (talk) 20:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)Reply