Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2: In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments — John Shaqi
Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2: In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by ExperimentsMarcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand)
Science
Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2: In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments
Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand)
Chemistry
Connexion between the Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms. --Of Manures.
--Of Agriculture. --Inexhaustible Sources of Materials for the
Purposes of Agriculture. --Of sowing Seed. --Germination of the
Seed. --Function of the Leaves of Plants. --Effects of Light and Air
on Vegetation. --Effects of Water on Vegetation. --Effects of
Vegetation on the Atmosphere. --Formation of Vegetable Materials by
the Organs of Plants. --Vegetable Heat. --Of the Organs of Plants.
--Of the Bark, consisting of Epidermis, Parenchyma, and Cortical
Layers. --Of Alburnum, or Wood. --Leaves, Flowers, and Seeds.
--Effects of the Season on Vegetation. --Vegetation of Evergreens in
Winter.
CONVERSATION XXIII.
ON THE COMPOSITION OF ANIMALS. 276
Elements of Animals. --Of the principal Materials of Animals, viz.
--Gelatine, Albumen, Fibrine, Mucus. --Of Animal Acids. --Of Animal
Colours, Prussian Blue, Carmine, and Ivory Black.
CONVERSATION XXIV.
ON THE ANIMAL ECONOMY. 297
Of the principal Animal Organs. --Of Bones, Teeth, Horns, Ligaments,
and Cartilage. --Of the Muscles, constituting the Organs of Motion.
--Of the Vascular System, for the Conveyance of Fluids. --Of the
Glands, for the Secretion of Fluids. --Of the Nerves, constituting
the Organs of Sensation. --Of the Cellular Substance which connects
the several Organs. --Of the Skin.
CONVERSATION XXV.
ON ANIMALISATION, NUTRITION, AND RESPIRATION. 314
Digestion. --Solvent Power of the Gastric Juice. --Formation of a
Chyle. --Its Assimilation, or Conversion into Blood. --Of
Respiration. --Mechanical Process of Respiration. --Chemical Process
of Respiration. --Of the Circulation of the Blood. --Of the
Functions of the Arteries, the Veins, and the Heart. --Of the Lungs.
--Effects of Respiration on the Blood.
CONVERSATION XXVI.
ON ANIMAL HEAT; AND OF VARIOUS ANIMAL PRODUCTS. 336
Of the Analogy of Combustion and Respiration. --Animal Heat evolved
in the Lungs. --Animal Heat evolved in the Circulation. --Heat
produced by Fever. --Perspiration. --Heat produced by Exercise.
--Equal Temperature of Animals at all Seasons. --Power of the Animal
Body to resist the Effects of Heat. --Cold produced by Perspiration.
--Respiration of Fish and of Birds. --Effects of Respiration on
Muscular Strength. --Of several Animal Products, viz. Milk, Butter,
and Cheese; Spermaceti; Ambergris; Wax; Lac; Silk; Musk; Civet;
Castor. --Of the putrid Fermentation. --Conclusion.
CONVERSATIONS
ON
CHEMISTRY.
CONVERSATION I.
ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY.
MRS. B.
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