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Elements of Chemistry, / In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries — Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Elements of Chemistry, / In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 349 pages

A foundational chemical treatise in which Lavoisier sets out a new systematic order for the science, explaining combustion, oxidation, and the composition of air and water. It replaced older theories and helped establish modern chemistry. Worth listening to for its clear, methodical style and historical importance.

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Contents

  1. ELEMENTS
  2. CHEMISTRY,
  3. IN A
  4. NEW SYSTEMATIC ORDER,
  5. MODERN DISCOVERIES. ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTEEN COPPERPLATES.
  6. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH,
  7. ADVERTISEMENT OF THE TRANSLATOR.
  8. PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR.
  9. CONTENTS.
  10. ELEMENTS
  11. CHEMISTRY.
  12. PART I.
  13. CHAP. I.
  14. CHAP. II.
  15. CHAP. III.
  16. CHAP. IV.
  17. CHAP. V.
  18. CHAP. VI.
  19. CHAP. VII.
  20. CHAP. VIII.
  21. CHAP. IX.
  22. CHAP. X.
  23. CHAP. XI.
  24. CHAP. XII.
  25. CHAP. XIII.
  26. CHAP. XIV.
  27. CHAP. XV.
  28. CHAP. XVI.
  29. CHAP. XVII.
  30. PART II. Of the Combination of Acids with Salifiable Bases, and of the Formation of Neutral Salts.

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