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On a Piece of Chalk was a lecture given by Thomas Henry Huxley on 26 August 1868 to the working men of Norwich during a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It was published as an essay in Macmillan's Magazine in London later that year.
We all know that if we "burn" chalk the result is quick-lime. Chalk, in fact, is a compound of carbonic acid gas, and lime, and when you make it very hot the carbonic acid flies away and the lime is left. By this method of procedure we see the lime, but we do not see the carbonic acid. If, on the other hand, you were to powder a little chalk ...
It is a piece of chalk. Originally appearing in an article published for Daily News in 1905, “A Piece of Chalk” is a classic example of G.K. Chesterton’s wondrous musings. The essay appears in Tremendous Trifles. To learn more about the book, read the Chesterton University lecture.
5 de nov. de 2012 · ON A PIECE OF CHALK [1868] Thomas Henry Huxley; Book: Collected Essays; Online publication: 05 November 2012; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149273.002
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Ostensibly, "A Piece of Chalk" is an anecdote about a day spent sketching in the hills of southern England, where the land is, in many places, made up of chalk: the speaker frets about...
The essay explores the geological history of the chalk cliffs of England and the microscopic organisms that make up the chalk itself. Huxley uses this as a starting point to discuss the process...
