[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.t7.2 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t7.2 A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t7.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c10.t7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t7.2) " The mote, which is seen in a sunbeam, is the smallest perceptible quantity. Being a substance and an effect, it must be composed of what is less than itself ; and this likewise is a substance and an effect ; for the component part of a substance that has magnitude must be an effect. This again must be composed of what is smaller ; and that smaller thing is an atom. It is simple and uncomposed ; else the series would be endless : and, were it pursued indefinitely, there would be no difference of magnitude between a mustard seed - [Previous: v1.c10.t7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t7.1) - [Next: v1.c10.t7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t7.3) - [Up: v1.c10.t7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t7.2) · Pramāṇa