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PROFESSOR KOLBE has recently succeeded to the directorship of the Journal für Praktische Chemie, rendered vacant by the decease of Erdmann, its original founder; and in his hands this periodical will doubtless become the recognised organ of the modern Leipsic School of Chemistry. Dr. Kolbe, in the first number o the new series of this work, has signalised his succession to the office of editor by an introductory essay, setting forth his opinions upon what he considers must be the future aim of the student of Inorganic Chemistry. Organic Chemistry, once the neglected sister of Inorganic Chemistry (to use the Professor's phraseology), has become so courted and honoured since Liebig introduced her as a young science into the chemical world, that little by little her relative has sunk into comparative obscurity. But the time has now arrived when, in Kolbe's opinion, it is evident that Inorganic Chemistry has not merited this neglect, but that she has it in her power to bestow rewards not less precious than those of Organic Chemistry, upon those who devote themselves to her service.
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THORPE, T. The Province of Mineral Chemistry. Nature 2, 304–305 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002304b0
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