All the physicists, chemists, and learned men of the capital were polishing silvered plates, and even the better - class grocers found it impossible to deny themselves the pleasure of sacrificing some of their means on the altar of progress, evaporating it in iodine and consuming it in mercury vapour. ”
Visi galvaspilsētas fiziķi, ķīmiķi un citi mācīti vīri pulēja apsudrabotās plates, un pat turīgākie tirgoņi nevarēja atteikt sev to prieku upurēt daļu no saviem līdzekļiem uz progresa altāra, izkūpinot tos joda un dzīvsudraba tvaikos. ”