Author: Robert Dundas Thomson

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Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9781330488249

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Excerpt from Dictionary of Chemistry: With Its Applications to Mineralogy, Physiology, and the Arts The present volume was projected two years ago, but has been much interrupted in its progress. It is intended to serve as an introduction and familiar work of reference to the Science of Chemistry, a study in which, from its rapid advance, new names, and facts are accumulating with amazing rapidity. Had the object been to write an exhaustive treatise, the task would have been a comparatively light one, as materials had, to a great extent, been collected; but as the work was destined to be comprised within a very limited compass, the labour of selection, and therefore of an extensive criticism understood rather than expressed, was necessarily involved in the undertaking. The opportunities which the author has possessed for many years - generously afforded to him by the liberal and intelligent manufacturers of Glasgow and Lancashire - of personally studying practical chemistry on a great scale, induced him to commence a series of researches on the composition of various chemical substances, from'the first stage of the process of manufacture, through its varied phases, to the finished condition of the product. He was most energetically assisted in this inquiry by his ardent and indefatigable pupils, many of whom are now filling important positions. The results of several of these investigations have been included in the present volume. And although the author's removal to London has interfered with the prosecution of this branch of his subject to an extent which was not contemplated when the volume was originally projected, he takes the opportunity of referring to the articles on the manufacture of Copper, Keep, Lead, Carbonate op Soda, Pottery, as illustrations of a considerable amount of research in this department of practical science. On a future occasion it is anticipated that the results of further investigations will be added, aided by the liberal arrangements of the authorities of the noble Institution with which the author has the honour to be connected, and by the extended field of study presented by a chemical practice in the metropolis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Dictionary of Chemistry written by Robert Dundas Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dictionary of Chemistry: With Its Applications to Mineralogy, Physiology, and the Arts The present volume was projected two years ago, but has been much interrupted in its progress. It is intended to serve as an introduction and familiar work of reference to the Science of Chemistry, a study in which, from its rapid advance, new names, and facts are accumulating with amazing rapidity. Had the object been to write an exhaustive treatise, the task would have been a comparatively light one, as materials had, to a great extent, been collected; but as the work was destined to be comprised within a very limited compass, the labour of selection, and therefore of an extensive criticism understood rather than expressed, was necessarily involved in the undertaking. The opportunities which the author has possessed for many years - generously afforded to him by the liberal and intelligent manufacturers of Glasgow and Lancashire - of personally studying practical chemistry on a great scale, induced him to commence a series of researches on the composition of various chemical substances, from'the first stage of the process of manufacture, through its varied phases, to the finished condition of the product. He was most energetically assisted in this inquiry by his ardent and indefatigable pupils, many of whom are now filling important positions. The results of several of these investigations have been included in the present volume. And although the author's removal to London has interfered with the prosecution of this branch of his subject to an extent which was not contemplated when the volume was originally projected, he takes the opportunity of referring to the articles on the manufacture of Copper, Keep, Lead, Carbonate op Soda, Pottery, as illustrations of a considerable amount of research in this department of practical science. On a future occasion it is anticipated that the results of further investigations will be added, aided by the liberal arrangements of the authorities of the noble Institution with which the author has the honour to be connected, and by the extended field of study presented by a chemical practice in the metropolis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.