Lectures on Chemistry

There is no title-page or heading, nor any indication of the writer's identity. The date is assumed to be eighteenth century. Alternate pages blank. The contents are as follows:-Metals in general (pp. 1-26); Systematic Classification of Metals (pp. 27-68); Extraction of Metals from their Ores (pp. 69-85); Chemical History of Metals (pp. 85-114); Solution of Metals (pp. 115-116); Gold, Silver, and the other metals seriatim, with their properties (pp. 116-170); Earths, their Natural History and Classification (pp. 171-183); Earths, in classes: 1, Calcareae (pp. 184-193); 2, Crystallinae (pp. 193-195); 3, Argillaceæ (pp. 196-200); 4, Talcosae (pp. 201-202); Chemical History of Calcareous Earths (pp. 203-215); Calcareous Earths in Medicine (pp. 216-231); Chemical History of Argillaceous Earths (pp. 231-239); Mineral and Saline Waters (pp. 239-261); Elective Attractions, unfinished (pp. 262-269).

late 17th - early 19th century

269 folios 4to. 25 × 19. Modern binding.

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).