History of the inductive sciences from the earliest to the present time v. 2, Volume 2D. Appleton and Company, 1858 |
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... CHEMICAL SCIENCE ..... 256 THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE . BOOK XIV . HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY . CHAPTER I. - IMPROVEMENT OF THE NOTION OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS , AND RECOGNITION OF IT AS THE SPAGIRIC ART .. 261 CHAPTER II . - DOCTRINE OF ACID AND ...
... CHEMICAL SCIENCE ..... 256 THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE . BOOK XIV . HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY . CHAPTER I. - IMPROVEMENT OF THE NOTION OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS , AND RECOGNITION OF IT AS THE SPAGIRIC ART .. 261 CHAPTER II . - DOCTRINE OF ACID AND ...
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... chemical Theory by Davy ...... Sect . 2. Establishment of the Electro - chemical Theory by Faraday .... Sect . 3. Consequences of Faraday's Discoveries ...... Sect . 4. Reception of the Electro - chemical Theory ... CHAPTER X ...
... chemical Theory by Davy ...... Sect . 2. Establishment of the Electro - chemical Theory by Faraday .... Sect . 3. Consequences of Faraday's Discoveries ...... Sect . 4. Reception of the Electro - chemical Theory ... CHAPTER X ...
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... CHEMICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY METHODS . 334 336 336 339 340 Sect . 1. Natural History System of Mohs ..... 344 Sect . 2. Chemical System of Berzelius and others . 347 Sect . 3. Failure of the Attempts at Systematic Reform . 349 Sect . 4 ...
... CHEMICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY METHODS . 334 336 336 339 340 Sect . 1. Natural History System of Mohs ..... 344 Sect . 2. Chemical System of Berzelius and others . 347 Sect . 3. Failure of the Attempts at Systematic Reform . 349 Sect . 4 ...
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... CHEMISTRY . PAGE 620 621 623 623 THE ELECTRO - CHEMICAL THEORY . The Number of Elementary Substances ... 625 BOOK XV . MINERALOGY . Crystallography ... 627 Optical Properties of Minerals .. 629 Classification of Minerals .. 630 BOOK XVI ...
... CHEMISTRY . PAGE 620 621 623 623 THE ELECTRO - CHEMICAL THEORY . The Number of Elementary Substances ... 625 BOOK XV . MINERALOGY . Crystallography ... 627 Optical Properties of Minerals .. 629 Classification of Minerals .. 630 BOOK XVI ...
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... chemical effects of light were studied to a considerable extent by various inquirers ; " and the opinions at which these persons arrived , they found that they could express most readily , in consistency with the reigning chemical views ...
... chemical effects of light were studied to a considerable extent by various inquirers ; " and the opinions at which these persons arrived , they found that they could express most readily , in consistency with the reigning chemical views ...
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Page 579 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Page 297 - I at first laid down, namely, that the chemical power of a current of electricity is in direct proportion to the absolute quantity of electricity which passes (377, 783).
Page 583 - The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted, in His works, any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration.
Page 567 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane...
Page 518 - Thus, though his general ideas obtained universal currency, he did not assume his due prominence as a geologist. In 1818, a generous attempt was made to direct a proper degree of public gratitude to him, in an article in the Edinburgh Review, the production of Dr. Fitton, a distinguished English geologist. And when the eminent philosopher, Wollaston, had bequeathed to the Geological Society of London a fund from which a gold medal was to be awarded to geological services, the first of such medals...
Page 270 - Subterranea, he speaks of the chemists as a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty. " Yet among all these evils," he says, " I seem to myself to live so sweetly, that, may I die if I would change places with the Persian king.
Page 464 - He heard and saw all this, with much interest and distinct comprehension ; but when I had done, he shook his head and said : ' This is no experiment, this is an idea.
Page 294 - My desire to escape from trade, which I thought vicious and selfish, and to enter into the service of Science, which I imagined made its pursuers amiable and liberal, induced me at last to take the bold and simple step of writing to Sir H. Davy...
Page 260 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 251 - An account of several new Instruments and Processes for determining the Constants of a Voltaic Circuit.