Science - History of the Universe Vol. 4: Chemistry

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In Category - Chemistry

Authors: Francis Rolt-Wheeler In Year : 1909

Book Language: English

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Introduction
Chapter 1 - Development of the Chemical Conception
Chapter 2 - Chemical Knowledge of the Ancients
Chapter 3 - The Early Alchemists
Chapter 4 - The Later Alchemists
Chapter 5 - The Iatro-Chemical Period, Part 1
Chapter 5 - The Iatro-Chemical Period, Part 2
Chapter 6 - The Early Phlogistic Period
Chapter 7 - The Phlogistic Period Proper, Part 1
Chapter 7 - The Phlogistic Period Proper, Part 2
Chapter 8 - Special Branches in Phlogistic Period, Part 1
Chapter 8 - Special Branches in Phlogistic Period, Part 2
Chapter 9 - Lavoisier and Anti-Phlogisticism, Part 1
Chapter 9 - Lavoisier and Anti-Phlogisticism, Part 2
Chapter 10 - The Atomic Theory and Davy
Chapter 11 - The Atomic Theory and Berzelius
Chapter 12 - The Development of Organic Chemistry
Chapter 13 - Valence and Stereo-Chemistry
Chapter 14 - Modern Inorganic Chemistry
Chapter 15 - Atomic Weights and Periodic Law, Part 1
Chapter 15 - Atomic Weights and Periodic Law, Part 2
Chapter 16 - The Development of Applied Chemistry

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fourth volume is on Chemistry written by William Allan Hamor. It discusses the development of chemical knowledge, from the ancients to modern times. It expanded further on the early works of alchemists and into the phlogistic period. The last chapters cover atomic theories and the development of organic and inorganic chemistry. - Summary by Sienna