With the centenary of the discovery of cell-free fermen- tation(Buchner 1987)we are entering the second century of scientific biochemistry, based on the idea that life processes are no more than chemistry, uncomplicated by notions of vitalism. At about the same time we are also entering the third century of the study of catalysis-a surprising statement, perhaps, as catalysis is usually though to have started with Jons Jacob Berzelius in 1836. more than 40 years before Berzelius, however, Eliza- beth Fulhame(1794)published a book entitled An Essay on Combustion in which she propounded ideas that are recognizable today as the first suggestions of catalysis.
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机译：随着无细胞发酵的发现一百周年（Buchner 1987），我们正进入科学生物化学的第二个世纪，其基本思想是生命过程不只是化学，而且不受生命主义观念的束缚。大约在同一时间，我们也进入了催化研究的第三世纪-也许是一个令人惊讶的陈述，因为催化反应通常始于1836年的Jons Jacob Berzelius。比Berzelius早40多年了，Eliza-贝丝·富勒罕（Beth Fulhame）（1794）出版了一本书，题为《燃烧论》，其中提出了当今公认的催化思想的第一个建议。
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