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“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.”

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August Kekule

August Kekule was a German chemist renowned for his contributions to organic chemistry. His most famous achievement was the proposal of the benzene ring structure, which had a profound impact on the development of chemical structural theory. more

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