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John Lee Comstock
(1789 - 21 Nov 1858)
American surgeon and writer who served as assistant surgeon during the U.S. Civil War. From about 1830, he became an author of school books, which he illustrated, including natural philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, botany, geology, physiology, natural history, and physical geography.
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Science Quotes by John Lee Comstock (1 quote)
The discovery of the laws of definite proportions is one of the most important and wonderful among the great and brilliant achievements of modern chemistry. It is sufficient of itself to convince any reasoning mind, that order and system pervade the universe, and that the minutest atoms of matter, and the vast orbs that move round the heavens are equally under the control of the invariable laws of the creator.
— John Lee Comstock
Elements of Chemistry (1845), 84.
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- 21 Nov - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Comstock's death.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
