Evidence & inquiry
The Sceptical Chymist
Historical science
Before accepting the ingredients of the universe, ask what the experiment proves.
A dialogue about what an explanation can actually establish. Read it as historical argument, not a story in which modern chemistry arrived fully formed from a single book.
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London: J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, 1661; original English
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