Volume 1

A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry / by J.W. Mellor.

  • Joseph William Mellor
Date:
1947-1952
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    CONTENTS CHAPTEE I THE EVOLUTION AND METHODOLOGY OP CHEMISTRY § 1. The Evolution of Chemical Science (1); § 2. The Observation and Record of Facts. Collecting Data (5); § 3. The Collating, Sifting, and Clarifying of Observations. Classifying Data (8); § 4. The Generalization of Observations (9); § 5. The Aim of Science in General, and of Chemistry in Particular (10); § 6. Experi- ment (12); § 7. Hypothesis, Theory, and Law (13); § 8. The History of Chemistry in China, India, and Chaldea (19); § 9. The History of Chemistry in Egypt (24); § 10. The History of Chemistry in Greece and Rome (29); § 11. The History of Chemistry in Syria, Persia, and Arabia (39); § 12. The History of Chemistry during the Middle Ages. Alchemy and Medico- or latro-chemistry (44) ; § 13. The Evolution of Ideas regarding the Nature of Calcination (55); § 14. The Evolution of Ideas regarding the Nature of Burning (59) ; § 15. The Phlogiston Theory (63;; § 16. Lavoisier’s Experiments on Combustion and Calcination (68). CHAPTER II COMBINATION BY WEIGHT § 1. What is an Element? (74); § 2. The Law of Constant Composition—Proust’s Law (76); § 3. History of the Law of Constant Composition (78); § 4. Pure Substances (80); § 5. Physical and Chemical Changes (83); § 6. Compounds and Mixtures (85); § 7. Circumstantial and Cumulative Evidence (90) ; § 8. Analysis and Synthesis (91); § 9. Dalton’s Law of Multiple Proportions (93); § 10. The History of the Law of Multiple Proportions (96); § 11. Richter’s Law of Reciprocal Proportions (97); § 12. Combining, Reacting, or Equivalent Weights (99); § 13. The Perdurability of Matter (100); § 14. The Atomic Theory of John Dalton (103); § 15. The Evolution of the Atomic Theory up to the time of Dalton (105); § 16. The Language of Chemistry (114); § 17. The Evolution of the Chemist’s Nomenclature (119). CHAPTER III HYDROGEN AND THE COMPOSITION OP WATER § 1. The History of Pneumatic Chemistry (122); § 2. Hydrogen—Preparation and Properties (125); § 3. Dumas’ Experiment on the Composition of Water by Weight (129); § 4. E. W. Morley’s Experiment on the Composition of Water zl
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