The History of Chemistry, Volume 1 (of 2)
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THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. BY THOMAS THOMSON, M.D. F.R.S.E. PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, AND RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1830. C. WHITING, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. OF ALCHYMY.
CHAPTER II. OF THE CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE POSSESSED BY THE ANCIENTS.
II.—COLOURS USED BY PAINTERS.
III.—GLASS.
IV.—VASA MURRHINA.
V.—DYEING AND CALICO-PRINTING.
VI.—SOAP.
VII.—STARCH.
VIII.—BEER.
IX.—STONEWARE.
X.—PRECIOUS STONES AND MINERALS.
XI.—MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS.
CHAPTER III. CHEMISTRY OF THE ARABIANS.
CHAPTER IV OF THE PROGRESS OF CHEMISTRY UNDER PARACELSUS AND HIS DISCIPLES.
CHAPTER V. OF VAN HELMONT AND THE IATRO-CHEMISTS.
CHAPTER VI. OF AGRICOLA AND METALLURGY.
CHAPTER VII. OF GLAUBER, LEMERY, AND SOME OTHER CHEMISTS OF THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER VIII. OF THE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH A THEORY IN CHEMISTRY.
In the Ephemerides.
In the Miscellania Berolinensia.
He published separately,
CHAPTER IX. OF THE FOUNDATION AND PROGRESS OF SCIENTIFIC CHEMISTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN.
END OF VOL. I.
ANCIENT HISTORIANS, POETS, &c.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR H. COLBURN AND R. BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON-STREET; And sold by every Bookseller throughout the Kingdom.
FOOTNOTES:
I.—Verba secretorum Hermetis Trismegisti.
II.—Descriptio Arcanorum Hermetis Trismegisti.
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