An introduction to the study of chemical philosophy : being a preparatory view of the forces which concur to the production of chemical phenomena / by J. Frederic Daniell.

  • Daniell, J. Frederic (John Frederic), 1790-1845.
Date:
M.DCCC.XLIII [1843]
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Credit: An introduction to the study of chemical philosophy : being a preparatory view of the forces which concur to the production of chemical phenomena / by J. Frederic Daniell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    subjoined a list of those systematic works to whose assistance I have been most indebted. I have judged it best in the arrangement of my work, to throw all the graphic illustrations of diagrams, or other figures, into the form of notes; and the explanation and etymology of scientific terms, of words of unfamiliar use, and of words to which it is desirable that the student should attach more definite ideas than are usually sug- gested by common jDarlance, I have given in a Glossary. The principal facts and reasoning of the text will thus be uninterrujated by extraneous matter, which, however important as a subsidiary means of explanation, might often confuse the steps of the induction; and those who are acquainted with the terms employed, will not be delayed by definitions which they do not need. It is, however, a caution which cannot be too strongly im- pressed upon every student, never to pass over a term which he does not understand, without seeking its explanation. It only remains for me now, to acknowledge my obligations to my friends and colleagues. Professor Wheat- stone and Dr. Todd, for their great kindness in under- going the disagreeable labour of revising and correcting the proof sheets. They have thereby prevented many errors, which would otherwise have deformed the work.