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To: ThirstyMan
What I wanted was an example of an inorganic forming into an organic. The distinction is not irrelevant unless you've preconceived that such is religious talk.

Since you ask. Friedrich Wöhler did exactly this in 1828.

[From the article]: " Until 1828, it was believed that organic substances could only be formed under the influence of the vital force in the bodies of animals and plants. Wöhler proved by the artificial preparation of urea from inorganic materials that this view was false."

94 posted on 10/25/2005 2:23:31 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic

Interesting. Thanks for pointing that out!


117 posted on 10/26/2005 6:18:27 AM PDT by ThirstyMan (hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
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