“The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an hypothesis adapted to the explanation of chemical phenomena... whether a further development of the atomic hypothesis promises to advance our knowledge of the mechanism of chemical phenomena... I rather expect that we shall some day find, for what we now call atoms, a mathematico-mechanical explanation, which will render an account of atomic weight, of atomicity, and of numerous other properties of the so-called atoms.” ScienceKnowledgeDevelopmentPromiseWeightAccountsPropertyExplanationAssumptionChemistryChemicalsAtomsMechanismMetaphysicsHypothesisAdapted Author:August Kekule
“We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.” ScienceChemistryCarbonCompoundsNomenclatureOrganic Chemistry Author:August Kekule
“The separate atoms of a molecule are not connected all with all, or all with one, but, on the contrary, each one is connected only with one or with a few neighbouring atoms, just as in a chain link is connected with link.” ScienceConnectedContraryChainsLinksAtomsMoleculesChain Links Author:August Kekule
“Originally a pupil of Liebig, I became a pupil of Dumas, Gerhardt and Williamson: I no longer belonged to any school.” SchoolScienceStudentsPupils Author:August Kekule