Outlines of a course of lectures on chemistry / by T. Garnett, M. D. member of the Royal Medical, Physical, and Natural History Societies of Edinburgh; the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester; the the [sic] Medical Society of London; the Royal Irish Academy, and professor of physics and philosophy in Anderson's Institution, Glasgow.

  • Garnett, Thomas, 1766-1802.
Date:
1797
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Credit: Outlines of a course of lectures on chemistry / by T. Garnett, M. D. member of the Royal Medical, Physical, and Natural History Societies of Edinburgh; the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester; the the [sic] Medical Society of London; the Royal Irish Academy, and professor of physics and philosophy in Anderson's Institution, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Lecture I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII XXIX. XXX. Pace. The Hi/lory of Chemifhy, ... i The laws of chemical attraclion, . . 9 The general effeds of heat, . . 14 The rmometers, . . . . 20 Latent heat, the caufe of fluidity, . . 24 The converfion of fluids into elaflic vapour, . 29 The fubjedl of heat concluded, . . 34. Chemical attraction, and description of the chemical apparatus, . . . . 43 Analyfis of the atmofphere,and the chemical nomenclature, 50 Oxygen gas, and the oxydation of met ah, . 5 5 Combujlion, refpiration, animal heat, . 60 A view of the Brunonion fyflem of medicine, 66 Hydrogen gas, and the compofition of water, 7 3 Azote and the alkalies, with the general pi operties of acids, . . . . 77 Nitric acid and cat ion, . . . 83 Carbonic acid, . . . . 88 Sulphur, and the fulphuric acid, . . 93 Phofphorus, . . . . 96 Muriatic acid, and its combinations, . 101 The remaining acids, . • . 107 Earthy fubjlances, . . . 113 Metals, particularly arfenic, tmgften, molybdena, co- balt, bifmuth, nickel, manganefe, and antimony, 120 Zinc, mercury, tin, lead, and iron, . 127 Copper, Jil-ver, gold, and platina, with a theory of the formation of the earth, . . 135 Vegetable fubjlances, . . . 142 Animal fubjlances, and fermentation, . 146 Agriculture, . • • • 152 Bleaching, • • • • *59 Dying, and callico printing, . '. 163 The analyfis of mineral waters, . . 170 ERRATA, Page 60, Hne3, after caloric infert a comma, 109, 14, for rochcUe fait, read folublc tartar. 1