Conversations on Chemistry

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Author

Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858

Title

Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments

Credits

Produced by Louise Hope

Language

English

LoC Class

QD: Science: Chemistry

Subject

Chemistry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26908

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26908

Release Date

October 13, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CONVERSATIONS — ON — CHEMISTRY; — IN WHICH — THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE — ARE — FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED — AND — ILLUSTRATED BY EXPERIMENTS. — IN TWO VOLUMES. — The Fifth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. — LONDON: — PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. — 1817. — ADVERTISEMENT. — PREFACE. — CONTENTS — CONVERSATIONS — ON — CHEMISTRY; — IN WHICH — THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE — ARE — FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED — AND — ILLUSTRATED BY EXPERIMENTS. — IN TWO VOLUMES. — The Fifth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. — VOL. I. — ON SIMPLE BODIES. — LONDON: — PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. — 1817. — CONTENTS — OF — THE FIRST VOLUME . — ON SIMPLE BODIES.
2. 2.CHEMISTRY. — CONVERSATION I. ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY. — CONVERSATION II. ON LIGHT AND HEAT OR CALORIC. — CONVERSATION III. CONTINUATION OF THE SUBJECT. — CONVERSATION IV. ON COMBINED CALORIC, COMPREHENDING SPECIFIC AND LATENT HEAT. — CONVERSATION V. ON THE CHEMICAL AGENCIES OF ELECTRICITY. — CONVERSATION VI. ON OXYGEN AND NITROGEN. — CONVERSATION VII. ON HYDROGEN. — CONVERSATION VIII. ON SULPHUR AND PHOSPHORUS. — CONVERSATION IX. ON CARBON. — CONVERSATION X. ON METALS. — CONVERSATIONS — ON — CHEMISTRY; — IN WHICH — THE ELEMENTS OF THAT SCIENCE — ARE — FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED — AND — ILLUSTRATED BY EXPERIMENTS. — IN TWO VOLUMES. — The Fifth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. — VOL. II. — ON COMPOUND BODIES. — LONDON: — PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. — 1817. — CONTENTS — OF — THE SECOND VOLUME . — ON COMPOUND BODIES.
3. 3.CHEMISTRY. — CONVERSATION XIII. ON THE ATTRACTION OF COMPOSITION. — CONVERSATION XIV. ON ALKALIES. — CONVERSATION XV. ON EARTHS. — CONVERSATION XVI. ON ACIDS. — CONVERSATION XVII. — OF THE SULPHURIC AND PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; OR THE COMBINATIONS OF OXYGEN WITH SULPHUR AND PHOSPHORUS; AND OF THE SULPHATS AND PHOSPHATS. — CONVERSATION XVIII. — OF THE NITRIC AND CARBONIC ACIDS: OR THE COMBINATIONS OF OXYGEN WITH NITROGEN AND CARBON; AND OF THE NITRATS AND CARBONATS. — CONVERSATION XIX. — ON THE BORACIC, FLUORIC, MURIATIC, AND OXYGENATED MURIATIC ACIDS; AND ON MURIATS.—ON IODINE AND IODIC ACID. — CONVERSATION XX. ON THE NATURE AND COMPOSITION OF VEGETABLES. — CONVERSATION XXI. ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF VEGETABLES. — CONVERSATION XXII. HISTORY OF VEGETATION. — CONVERSATION XXIII. ON THE COMPOSITION OF ANIMALS. — CONVERSATION XXIV. ON THE ANIMAL ECONOMY. — CONVERSATION XXV. ON ANIMALISATION, NUTRITION, AND RESPIRATION. — CONVERSATION XXVI. ON ANIMAL HEAT; AND ON VARIOUS ANIMAL PRODUCTS. — INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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