Minutes of the course of chemical instruction in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania : printed in three parts, for the use of his pupils / by Robert Hare.

  • Hare, Robert, 1781-1858.
Date:
1822-23
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Credit: Minutes of the course of chemical instruction in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania : printed in three parts, for the use of his pupils / by Robert Hare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MINUTES, Sfc. fyc. ON THE RISB^ .OGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE, OP CHEMISTRY * ■* AS AN ART, AND AS A SCIENCE. ON THE STUDY OF CHEMISTRY. ON THE CAUSE OF THE PHENOMENA AND OPERATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD. Reaction between different portions of matter, is con- ceived to be the fundamental cause; for if there were no such reaction, every particle, or mass, would be as if no other existed. REACTION, Distinguished as taking place between masses, between a mass and particles, and between particles only. REACTION BETWEEN MASSES, 4 Sublimely exemplified in the solar system. REACTION BETWEEN A MASS, AND PARTICLES, Exemplified by the reflection, refraction, or polariza- tion of light; as by the moon, the rainbow, the Iceland spar, 4 ij REACTION BETWEEN PARTICLES, OR CORPUSCULAR REACTION, Exemplified by a fire, or the explosion of gunpowder. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY DEFINED. In its most extensive sense, it treats of physical reac-