PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE SIXTH RUSSIAN EDITION
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I ON WATER AND ITS COMPOUNDS
CHAPTER II THE COMPOSITION OF WATER, HYDROGEN
CHAPTER III OXYGEN AND THE CHIEF ASPECTS OF ITS SALINE COMBINATIONS
CHAPTER IV OZONE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DALTON'S LAW
CHAPTER V NITROGEN AND AIR
CHAPTER VI TTHE COMPOUNDS OF NITROGEN WITH HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN
CHAPTER VII MOLECULES AND ATOMS. THE LAWS OF GAY-LUSSAC AND AVOGADRO-GERHARDT
CHAPTER VIII CARBON AND THE HYDROCARBONS
CHAPTER IX COMPOUNDS OF CARBON WITH OXYGEN AND NITROGEN
CHAPTER X SODIUM CHLORIDE BERTHOLLET'S LAWS HYDROCHLORIC ACID
CHAPTER XI THE HALOGENS: CHLORINE, BROMINE, IODINE, AND FLUORINE
CHAPTER XII SODIUM
CHAPTER XIII POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CAESIUM, AND LITHIUM. SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
CHAPTER XIV THE VALENCY AND SPECIFIC HEAT OF THE METALS.
Title: The Principles of Chemistry Volume I (of 2)
Author: Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev
Editor: T. A. Lawson
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THE
PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
By D. MENDELÉEFF
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN (SIXTH EDITION) BY
GEORGE KAMENSKY, A.R.S.M.
OF THE IMPERIAL MINT, ST PETERSBURG: MEMBER OF THE RUSSIAN PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SOCIETY
EDITED BY
T. A. LAWSON, B.Sc. Ph.D.
EXAMINER IN COAL-TAR PRODUCTS TO THE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME I.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO
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NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1897
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