About Henry Enfield Roscoe: Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe is particularly noted for early work on vanadium and for photochemical studies.
Describing Robert Bunsen: As an investigator he was great, as a teacher he was greater, as a man and friend he was greatest.
In the vestibule of the Manchester Town Hall are placed two life-sized marble statues facing each other. One of these is that of John Dalton ... the other that of James Prescott Joule. ... Thus the honour is done to Manchester's two greatest sons—t...