A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day, Being Also an Introduction to the Study of the Science

xxvii, 691 pp. Translated from the third German edition, with various additions and alterations. CONTENTS: List of Abbreviations; Introduction; From the Earliest Times to the Birth of Alchemy; The Age of Alchemy; History of the Iatro-Chemical Period; History of the Period of the Phlogiston Theory from Boyle to Lavoisier; History of the Most Recent Period (From the Time of Lavoisier Up to Now); Special History of the Various Branches of Chemistry from Laoisier to the Present Day; Index of Authors' Names; Index of Subjects.