An Introductory Discourse

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Excerpt from An Introductory Discourse: Delivered in the Amphitheatre of the London Institution, on Wednesday the 5th of May, 1819I iiatvia been honoured by the request of the Board ofmanagem'ent of this Institu tiou§'te deliver a course of lectures on the Printciplesof Chemical science, and, highly' as I am ¿attered by the distinction which they have thus deemed it right to confer upon me, I should feel uneasy and embar rassed, were I not, on this occasion, and at the very threshold of my undertaking, to assure you that I have acquiesced in th wish, under the impression of considerable di¿idence, and a somewhat painful anxiety, hoped and expected that a'task so arduous and iinportant, w61ild have de volved upon an ahler Professor, and would have beeri consigned to one of mbre elo quence and ability than the very hunible A 2.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.