Torbern Bergman Professions : Chemist Born : March 20, 1735 Died : July 8, 1784 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Torbern Bergman A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at once. We must content ourselves with tracking it down, enveloped in considerable darkness, which leads us to make new mistakes and errors. By diligent examination, we may at length little by little peel off the thickest layers, but we seldom get the core quite free, so that finally we have to be satisfied with a little incomplete knowledge. Torbern Bergman mistake science knowledge Fossils are of four kinds, viz. saline, earthy, inflammable and metallic; hence arise four classes. Torbern Bergman fossils four class The mineral kingdom consists of the fossil substances found in the earth. These are either entirely destitute of organic structure, or, having once possessed it, possess it no longer: such are the petrefactions. Torbern Bergman substance kingdoms earth Similar Authors Auguste Laurent chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann chemist August Kekule chemist Ascanio Sobrero chemist Antoine Lavoisier chemist Antoine Bechamp chemist All Authors
