[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c10.t14.2 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t14.2 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t14.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c10.t14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t14.2) "It is, no doubt, very tempting to ascribe a Greek origin to Kanāda's theory of atoms. But suppose that the atomic theory had really been borrowed from a Greek source, would it not be strange that Kanāda's atoms are supposed never to assume visible dimensions till there is a combination of three double atoms (Tryanuka), neither the simple nor the double atoms being supposed to be visible by themselves. I do not remember anything like this in Epicurean authors, and it seems to me to give quite an independent character to Kanāda's view of the nature of an atom. - [Previous: v1.c10.t14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t14.1) - [Next: v1.c10.t14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t14.3) - [Up: v1.c10.t14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t14.2) · Pramāṇa