Volume 1

A manual of inorganic chemistry ... / by T.E. Thorpe.

  • Thorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1845-1925.
Date:
1877
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    PREFACE. In attempting to make this work a faithful record of the present state of Inorganic Chemistry, the author found that the limits within which it was originally intended to confine it were quite inadequate to enable him to treat the subject with that fulness which seemed to him desirable. It has been decided, therefore, to extend the work over two volumes. The present volume treats of the Non-Metallic Elements and their compounds; the second will be devoted to the considera- tion of the Metals, and of those questions in Chemical Theory which, according to the author’s experience, are most profit- ably discussed after the leading facts of the Science are made known. The more important Laws of Chemical Combina- tion, and the main principles of the Atomic Theory are, however, considered immediately after the description of the Compounds of Oxygen and Hydrogen, in order that the student may understand the rational use of Symbolic Notation. The author would here record his sense of the aid he has derived from the excellent series of Abstracts of British and Foreign Chemical Memoirs, published under the direc- tion of the Chemical Society of London. This English “ Jahresbeiicht” is simply invaluable to the compiler of a modern chemical text-book. The author is likewise greatly indebted to Mr. Henry Watt’s admirable Dictionary of Chemistry. He desires, too, to express his obligations to his assistant, Mr. Dugald Clerk, for the care with which he has revised the proof-sheets, and for the attention he has bestowed on the drawings for the figures; his thanks are also due to the engraver, Mr. Stephen Miller, for the care- ful manner in which the wood-cuts have been executed.