Lessons in Chemistry (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Lessons in Chemistry

Some substances are capable of existing in the three possible states, as solid, liquid, and gas. Water is the most common example of such a substance; by the action of more or less heat it can be converted at pleasure into steam, liquid water, or ice. However, if we strongly heat a piece of wood or some sugar, these substances will not be melted into liquids or changed to vapor, but will be transformed into entirely different kinds of matter, from which'we cannot again obtain the original substance.

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.

Excerpt from Lessons in Chemistry

Nevertheless the book has been carefully revised, and numeors change have been made. Most conspicuous among these is the replacement of the frontispiece by and entirely new plate of spectra which, it is believed, is greatly supervisor to the old one, and includes also the more characteristic spectra of gaseous elements.

In preparing the present edition, the aim has been chiefly to make such corrections and arrangement, which have proved satisfactory in the experience of the editor as well as that of the author, have not been materially modified: a few of the chapters have been partly rewritten, and a brief explanation of streoisomerism is given in the Appendix.

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.