Volume 5

Elements of natural history, and of chemistry / being the second edition of the ... lectures ... first published in 1782 ... translated into English with occasional notes, and an historical preface by the translator [W. Nicholson].

  • Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809
Date:
1788-1789
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Credit: Elements of natural history, and of chemistry / being the second edition of the ... lectures ... first published in 1782 ... translated into English with occasional notes, and an historical preface by the translator [W. Nicholson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Alterations and x^dditions in C II AFTER IV. P. 91, 1. 10. A F T E R the word “ fubftaiices,” infert, ^‘feparately.” P. 95, 1. 12. The remarks numhcred 2 and 3, ending at the word “ circumilances,” are left out. The ' remark numbered 4 is numbered 2 in the new edition, and tlie following is added at the end of the paragrapli: ‘‘ 3, That among natural bodies there is a great number, fuch as fulphur, and the metals Avhich art has not fuccccded in decompofmg, and whidi are fimple bodies in the prefent ftate of our knowledge.” P. 96. I After line 4, the conftruction and fenfe are thus altered: It follows, that the true principles or rirfl; dements of natural fiibftances efcape our fenfes and our infiruments; that many of tiiofe which have been called elements, on account of their volume, their influence in the phenomena of nature, and their multi- piled exiiTence in its different p>rodudls, are very