A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / by William Babington, Alexander Marcet, and William Allen.

  • Babington, William, 1756-1833.
Date:
1811
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Credit: A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / by William Babington, Alexander Marcet, and William Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / PREFACE. Fn every Science taught by Lectures, a Syllabus of the Course has been found of advantage to the Student. At the same time that it lays before him a comprehensive outline of the subject, and points out the several divisions and their arrangement with respect to each other, it defines the meaning and extent of scientific terms better than more verbal statements would do, and affords a convenient epitome of the rudiments of the science. As the objects of Chemistry are various, and it* views extensive, so likewise is the connection of its principles subtle, and their investigation complicated and minute: hence the aid of such a synopsis is perhaps even more requisite in this than in any other branch of Natural Philosophy. In proportion too as modern improvements have