Chemistry Books

An Elementary Study of Chemistry

William Edwards Henderson

In offering this book to teachers of elementary chemistry the authors lay no claim to any great originality. It has been their aim to prepare a text-book constructed along lines which have become reco..

An Introduction to Chemical Science

Rufus P. Williams

The object held constantly in view in writing this book has been to prepare a suitable text-book in Chemistry for the average High School,—one that shall be simple, practical, experimental, and induct..

The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones

John Mastin

The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones is a geology book written by John Mastin whose other works are "Parasites of Insects," "The True Analysis of Milk," "Plate-Culture and Stain..

Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances

Joseph Black

Black's Paper entitled "Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances" was read in June 1755, and was first published in "Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary..

Familiar Letters of Chemistry

Justus Liebig

The Letters contained in this little Volume embrace some of the most important points of the science of Chemistry, in their application to Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Agriculture, and Commerce. So..

Researches Chemical and Philosophical

Humphry Davy

Early experience has taught me the folly of hasty generalisation. We are ignorant of the laws of corpuscular motion; and an immense mass of minute observations concerning the more complicated chemical..

Determination of the Atomic Weight of Cadmium

Harry C. Jones

The agreement of the separate determinations with each other is fairly close and the average of the two series of determinations is nearly the same. Huntington took great care in the purification of h..

The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum

Alice A. Ball

The fresh rhizome was chopped up and then ground up by means of a meat chopper. In the preliminary work the material was dried in a vacuum oven at a temperature not exceeding forty degrees Centigrade...