Elements of chemical philosophy

Front matter

BURNDY LIBRARY

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GIFT OF

Part I

ON THE LAWS OF CHEMICAL CHANGES: ON UNDECOMPOUNDED BODIES AND THEIR PRI- MARY COMBINATIONS . . 6l

DIVISION I.

ON THE POWERS AND PROPERTIES OF MAT- TER, AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF CHEMICAL

CHANGES.

Preliminary Observations , , 63

Of the Forms of Matter . . 65

Gravitation . . • 67

Cohesion . . .63

Of Heat, or calorific Repulsion . 6Q

On chemical Attraction, and the Laws of Combination

and Decomposition . ; 98

Of Electrical Attraction and Kepulsion, and their

Relations to Chemical Changes . . 125

On Analysis and Synthesis: on the Circumstances to be attended to in these Operations, and on the Arrangement of undecompounded Bodies 180

CONTENTS,

DIVISION II.

OF RADIANT OR ETHEREAL MATTER.

Of the Effects of radiant Matter, in producing the

Phaenomena of Vision . page 195

Of the Operation of radiant Matter in producing

Heat ..... 201 Of the Effects of radiant Matter in producing chemical

Changes . ; . . 210

Of the Nature of the Motions or Affections of radiant

DIVISION III.

OFEMPYREALUNDECOMPOUNDED SUBSTANCES, OR UNDECOMPOUNDED SUBSTANCES THAT SUPPORT COMBUSTION, AND THEIR COMBIN-

ATION WITH EACH OTHER.

General Observations . . , 225

OfoxygeneGas . . . 227

Chlorine, or oxy muriatic Gas . . 235

DIVISION IV.

OF UNDECOMPOUNDED INFLAMMABLE OR ACIDIFEROUS SUBSTANCES NOT METALLIC, AND THEIR BINARY COMBINATIONS WITH OXYGENE AND CHLORINE, OR WITH EACH

OTHER.

Preliminary Observations . . 245

Hydrogene Gas, or inflammable Air . 246

Of Azote, or nitrogene Gas . . 255

Of Sulphur . . .271

Of Phosphorus . . . 285

Of Carbon or Charcoal, and the Diamond 299

Of Boron, or the boracic Basis , , 314

CONTENTS.

DIVISION V.

OF METALS; THEIR PRIMARY COMBINATIONS WITH OTHER UNDECOMPOSED BODIES, AND' WITH EACH OTHER.

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. page 319

Of Potassium

Sodium

TJarium . . .

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. 343

Calcium

Maenesium

Aluminum .

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Tin^ or Stannum .

Iron, or Ferrum . .

. . 384

Tellurium

Cobalt, or Cobaltum

Copper J Cuprum l^ickel, or Nickolum

Uranium . .

Osmium

. 426

Tungsten, or Tungstenum

Titanium

Columbium . .

Cerium . - .

. . 433

Palladium • .

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CONTENTS^

Iridium . . . page 436

Rhodium . , 437

Mercury, or Mercurium • - 438

Silver, or Argentum . , . 443

Gold, or Aurum . . . 446

Platinum . . . 448

Arsenic, or Arsenicum . , 453

Molybdenum , . . 459

Chromium . . . 462

DIVISION VI.

OF SOME SUBSTANCES, THE NATURE OF WHICH IS NOT YET CERTAINLY KNOWN.

Preliminary Observations . 465 Of the Fluoric Principle . . ih. Of the Amalgam procured from ammoniacal Compounds . . . . 473

DIVISION VII.

ON THE ANALOGIES BETWEEN THE UNDECOM- POUNDED SUBSTANCES; SPECULATIONS RE- SPECTING THEIR NATURE; ON THE MODES OF SEPARATING THEM, AND ON THE RELATIONS OF THEIR COMPOUNDS.

Of the Analogies between the undecom pounded Substances; Ideas respecting their nature . 478

Of the Analogies between the primary Compounds, and on their chemical Relations . . 490

On the relative Attractions of the undecomposed Substances for each other . . . 497

On the Methods of separating the undecomposed Bodies from each other . . 499

General Observations; and Conclusion of Part First 502

ERRATA.

49, line 6, add lead.

71, line 3, /or silver tin, read silver and tin. 98, /or IV. read VI.

Ill, last Hne,/or phosphoranee reaflf phosphorana.

197, line 23 and 24,/or ordinary rea«f extraordinary, and

for extraordinary read ordinary. 292, first line of the note,/or 13.2 read 13. S.

320, line 19, erase palladium. 451, line 9,/or 18,5 read 24.