Beginners's Hand-Book of Chemistry

Langue : anglais

Edité par Providence Lithograph Co., 1885

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Hardcover book in GOOD condition. Contains the names of two of the previous owners in ink on the pastedown and front free endpaper. There is also the price of the book written in pencil on the free endpaper. Mild foxing throughout. Browning to page edges. Besides that there are no notations, underlining, or highlighting on any of the pages. Binding is tight. Wear to edges and corners and rubbing to boards. Actual book is pictured. See images provided. 232 pages. Notable for the chromolithographic prints of natural and industrial scenes illustrating chemical phenomena. These are in particularly good condition given the age of the book. This book was published by the Providence Lithograph Company in 1885. The copyright dates from 1884 by John Howard Appleton. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Intended as an introduction to the study of chemistry, this volume contains illustrations throughout the text including color plates.The textbook emphasizes hands-on observation and deduction. It trained beginners to gather factual evidence through experiments before deriving broader chemical principles. The author, John Howard Appleton (1844–1930), was a professor of chemistry at Brown University who authored 12 textbooks. CONTENTS. Chapter I.?The scope of chemistry Chapter II.?The elementary substances Chapter III.?Names and symbols of elements Chapter IV.?Classification of the elementary substances; metals and non-metals Chapter V.?Compound substances; examples of binary and ternary compounds Chapter VI.?The construction of substances; the mass, the molecule, the atom Chapter VII.?How chemical affinity works; the modern atomic theory Chapter VIII.?Hydrogen; its discovery; method of preparation; its properties Chapter IX.?Balloons; their invention and uses Chapter X.?Chlorine; its preparation and properties; chlorohydric acid; bleaching powder Chapter XI.?Bromine Chapter XII.?Iodine Chapter XIII.?Fluorine Chapter XIV.?Oxygen; its discovery; its preparation; its properties; its relation to hydrogen; the compound blowpipe; its relation to combustion in general, and to animal respiration Chapter XV.?Water; its importance to living beings; its terrestrial circulation; its influence on climate Chapter XVI.?Sulphur; sulphuretted hydrogen; sulphur dioxide Chapter XVII.?Sulphur trioxide; manufacture of sulphuric acid Chapter XVIII.?Boron Chapter XIX.?Nitrogen; its discovery; its properties; compound with hydrogen; compounds with oxygen; nitric acid Chapter XX.?The Atmosphere Chapter XXI.?Explosives; gunpowder; fireworks; fulminates; gun-cotton; nitroglycerine Chapter XXII.?Phosphorus; friction matches Chapter XXIII.?Carbon; charcoal; lampblack; coal; graphite; the diamond; other natural forms of carbon Chapter XXIV.?Compounds of carbon and oxygen Chapter XXV.?Illuminating gas Chapter XXVI.?Silicon.…

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Titre
Beginners's Hand-Book of Chemistry
Auteur
John Howard Appleton
Éditeur
Providence Lithograph Co.
Année de publication
1885
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Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
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