CONTENTS
William Edwards Henderson
CHAPTER
PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION
1
II. OXYGEN
13
III. HYDROGEN
28
IV. WATER AND HYDROGEN DIOXIDE
40
V. THE ATOMIC THEORY
59
VI. CHEMICAL EQUATIONS AND CALCULATIONS
68
VII. NITROGEN AND THE RARE ELEMENTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
78
VIII. THE ATMOSPHERE
83
IX. SOLUTIONS
94
X. ACIDS, BASES, AND SALTS; NEUTRALIZATION
106
XI. VALENCE
116
XII. COMPOUNDS OF NITROGEN
122
XIII. REVERSIBLE REACTIONS AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
137
XIV. SULPHUR AND ITS COMPOUNDS
143
XV. PERIODIC LAW
165
XVI. THE CHLORINE FAMILY
174
XVII. CARBON AND SOME OF ITS SIMPLER COMPOUNDS
196
XVIII. FLAMES,—ILLUMINANTS
213
XIX. MOLECULAR WEIGHTS, ATOMIC WEIGHTS, FORMULAS
223
XX. THE PHOSPHORUS FAMILY
238
XXI. SILICON, TITANIUM, BORON
257
XXII. THE METALS
267
XXIII. THE ALKALI METALS
274
XXIV. THE ALKALINE-EARTH FAMILY
300
XXV. THE MAGNESIUM FAMILY
316
XXVI. THE ALUMINIUM FAMILY
327
XXVII. THE IRON FAMILY
338
XXVIII. COPPER, MERCURY, AND SILVER
356
XXIX. TIN AND LEAD
370
XXX. MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM
379
XXXI. GOLD AND THE PLATINUM FAMILY
390
XXXII. SOME SIMPLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
397
INDEX
421
APPENDIX A
Facing back cover
APPENDIX B
Inside back cover
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