The Fontana History of Chemistry. William Brock J.

      FONTANA HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

      (Editor: Roy Porter)

      

      THE FONTANA HISTORY OF

      CHEMISTRY

      William H. Brock

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

PREFACE TO THE FONTANA HISTORY OF SCIENCE

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

INTRODUCTION

1 On the Nature of the Universe and the Hermetic Museum

Chinese Alchemy

Greek Alchemy

Arabic and Medieval Alchemy

Newton’s Alchemy

The Demise of Alchemy and its Literary Tradition

2 The Sceptical Chymist

Paracelsianism

Helmontianism

The Acid-Alkali Theory

A Sceptical Chemist

Boyle’s Physical Theory of Matter

The Vacuum Boylianum and its Aftermath

Newton’s Chemistry

The Phlogistonists

Conclusion

3 Elements of Chemistry

A Scientific Civil Servant

The Chemistry of Air

The Chemical Revolution

The Aftermath

Conclusion

4 A New System of Chemical Philosophy

Dalton’s ‘New System’

Dalton’s Life

The Atomic Theory

The Origins of Dalton’s Theory

Electrifying Dalton’s Theory

       Chemical Reactivity

       Prout’s Hypothesis

       Volumetric Relations

       Scepticism Towards Atomism

       Conclusion

       5 Instructions for the Analysis of Organic Bodies

       Purity

       The Basis of Chemistry

       The Supply of Apparatus and Chemicals

       Liebig, Organic Analysis and the Research School

       Conclusion

       6 Chemical Method

       Classifying by Radicals

       Classification by Types