The History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2)

Name: The History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2)
Author: Thomson, Thomas

Thomson, Thomas

Chemistry -- History

THE

                                HISTORY

                                  OF

                              CHEMISTRY.

                                  BY

                         THOMAS THOMSON, M. D.
                  F.R.S. L. & E.; F.L.S.; F.G.S., &c.

      REGIUS PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

                            IN TWO VOLUMES.

                               VOL. II.

                                LONDON:
                  HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
                        NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

                                 1831.

                  C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.

                               CONTENTS

                                  OF

                          THE SECOND VOLUME.

  CHAPTER I.                                                     Page

  Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great
  Britain                                                           1

  CHAPTER II.

  Of the progress of philosophical chemistry in Sweden             26

  CHAPTER III.

  Progress of scientific chemistry in France                       75

  CHAPTER IV.

  Progress of analytical chemistry                                190

  CHAPTER V.

  Of electro-chemistry                                            251

  CHAPTER VI.

  Of the atomic theory                                            277

  CHAPTER VII.

  Of the present state of chemistry                               309

                         HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY.

CHAPTER I.

OF THE FOUNDATION AND PROGRESS OF SCIENTIFIC CHEMISTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN.

While Mr. Cavendish was extending the bounds of pneumatic chemistry,
with the caution and precision of a Newton, Dr. Priestley, who had
entered on the same career, was proceeding with a degree of rapidity
quite unexampled; while from his happy talents and inventive faculties,
he contributed no less essentially to the progress of the science, and
certainly more than any other British chemist to its popularity.

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The History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2)

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