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History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2): From the earliest time to the middle of the nineteenth centuryThorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward)

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History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2): From the earliest time to the middle of the nineteenth century

Name: History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2): From the earliest time to the middle of the nineteenth century
Author: Thorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward)

Thorpe, T. E. (Thomas Edward)

Chemistry -- History

By ARCHIBALD DUFF, Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Theology
      in the United College, Bradford; author of _Theology and
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CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I                                                         PAGE

  THE CHEMISTRY OF THE ANCIENTS                                        1

    Egypt, the alleged birthplace of chemistry. Origin of the word
    “chemistry.” Chemical arts known to the ancients. Metallurgy
    of the ancients. Chemical products of the Chinese, Egyptians,
    Greeks, and Romans.

  CHAPTER II

  THE CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANCIENTS                             19

    Ancient speculations as to the origin and nature of matter.
    Water the primal principle. Thales of Miletus. Persistency
    of his doctrine. Its influence on science. Theories of
    Anaximenes, Herakleitos, and Pherekides. Fire as the primal
    principle. The conception of four primal principles—fire,
    air, water, and earth. Deification of these by Empedocles.
    Plato and Aristotle. The doctrine of the four Elements.
    Influence of the Peripatetic Philosophy on science. Arabian
    science. Influence of the Moors in Spain. Atomic conceptions
    of Anaxagoras, Leukippos, and Demokritos. Germs of the atomic
    theory.

  CHAPTER III

  ALCHEMY                                                             28

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History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2): From the earliest time to the middle of the nineteenth century

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