Quote by: Theodore William Richards

Experimental work of great refinement is necessary in order to determine atomic weights. No relationships between them have yet been certainly found which make it possible for us to compute by any sort of calculation exactly the value of any one atomic weight from any other.


Author Bio


  • NameTheodore William Richards
  • DescriptionUnited States chemist
  • BornJanuary 31, 1868
  • DiedApril 2, 1928
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionChemist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Faraday Lectureship Prize; Nobel Prize In Chemistry; Willard Gibbs Award