Page:Dr Andrew Ure a slight sketch.djvu/30

 During his residence in London, Dr. Ure’s practical occupation in chemistry has chiefly been the conduct of analyses for the Government, or on consultation for commercial purposes. His skill and accuracy as an analytic chemist were well known, as well as the ingenuity of the means employed in his researches:—and it has been stated, on good authority, that none of his results have ever been impugned. His extensive knowledge not unfrequently enabled him to arrive at conclusions,