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With respect to the cohesion and of liquids, I have had the good…

Quote byThomas Young · 1773–1829

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (1807), Preface.

English (original)

With respect to the cohesion and of liquids, I have had the good fortune to anticipate Mr. Laplace in his late researches, and I have endeavoured to show, that my assumptions are more universally applicable to the facts, than those which that justly celebrated mathematician has employed.

— Thomas Young

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