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Conversations on Chemistry: In Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Experiments, and 38 Engravings on Wood; ... for Simplifying the Apparatus, and a Vocabul
Excerpt from Conversations on Chemistry: In Which the Elements of That Science Are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Experiments, and 38 Engravings on Wood; To Which Are Now Added, Explanations of the d104-Directions for Simplifying the Apparatus, and a Vocabulary of Terms
The Atmosphere composed of Oxygen and Nitrogen in the State of Gas Definition of between Gas and Oxygen essential to Combustion and of the Atmosphere by Gas obtained by this Oxygenation in the Oxydation of Gas obtained from Oxyd of Manganese De scription of a Water Bath for collecting and preserving Gases Combustion of Iron Wire in Oxygen and volatile Products of of the Atmosphere by of the Atmosphere.
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The Atmosphere composed of Oxygen and Nitrogen in the State of Gas Definition of between Gas and Oxygen essential to Combustion and of the Atmosphere by Gas obtained by this Oxygenation in the Oxydation of Gas obtained from Oxyd of Manganese De scription of a Water Bath for collecting and preserving Gases Combustion of Iron Wire in Oxygen and volatile Products of of the Atmosphere by of the Atmosphere.
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.
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352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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John Lee Comstock
90 books1 followerJohn Lee Comstock (1787-1858) was an American surgeon and educator, who served as a surgeon in the War of 1812. Following the war, Comstock produced numerous books on science, including works on botany, chemistry, mineralogy, natural history and physiology, targeting schools and general audiences, his books were widely used.
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November 18, 2018
My career as a scientific investigator ended when I was five.
I'd discovered that if you scratch your skin with your fingernail, it goes white and then if you lick it - or otherwise apply water - the scratch will disappear. I thought this was pretty interesting and I wanted to explore the idea more. I looked at the car. I got my metal cap gun. Just don't say a thing, okay? I did a pretty good job of ruining the paintwork, confident in the idea I was merely going to wash all those scratches away.
Don't ask what happened when my parents found out. Suffice to say, the aftermath of the Heidi incident http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... was a pat on the head and extra dessert by comparison.
Post-grad chemists, I gather, learn that in fact at least 85% of what they do for the rest of their lives will fail. I had an early one out of one, a hundred percent lesson.
You might think it is weird that I wanted to be a saint when I grew up, but honestly, being boiled in oil or eaten by cannibals just seemed so much more - well, civilised - that what happens to intrepid scientists.
You won't have heard of Jane Marcet. Female, you see. But maybe the most important, inspirational writer in education in the late eighteenth and then nineteenth centuries. She made Faraday what he was. Or so he later said. Here is both a discussion of her and a link to an online version of this book:
http://www.rsc.org/images/Woman%20tha...
I'd discovered that if you scratch your skin with your fingernail, it goes white and then if you lick it - or otherwise apply water - the scratch will disappear. I thought this was pretty interesting and I wanted to explore the idea more. I looked at the car. I got my metal cap gun. Just don't say a thing, okay? I did a pretty good job of ruining the paintwork, confident in the idea I was merely going to wash all those scratches away.
Don't ask what happened when my parents found out. Suffice to say, the aftermath of the Heidi incident http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/... was a pat on the head and extra dessert by comparison.
Post-grad chemists, I gather, learn that in fact at least 85% of what they do for the rest of their lives will fail. I had an early one out of one, a hundred percent lesson.
You might think it is weird that I wanted to be a saint when I grew up, but honestly, being boiled in oil or eaten by cannibals just seemed so much more - well, civilised - that what happens to intrepid scientists.
You won't have heard of Jane Marcet. Female, you see. But maybe the most important, inspirational writer in education in the late eighteenth and then nineteenth centuries. She made Faraday what he was. Or so he later said. Here is both a discussion of her and a link to an online version of this book:
http://www.rsc.org/images/Woman%20tha...
June 13, 2018
There is no book here
This thing has no text. There is an introduction, then a table of contents, then an index, and that's all.
This thing has no text. There is an introduction, then a table of contents, then an index, and that's all.
November 28, 2012
Pretty interesting - socratic method style of writing on the chemistry known at this time in history. If you miss your chemistry class, you'll enjoy her experiments proving the basic chemistry that was just starting to be known, and how to proceed with asking questions. They had far fewer elements then, but most of the experiments would still hold true.
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