An Introduction to the Study of Chemical Philosophy: Being a Preparatory View of the Forces Which Concur to the Production of Chemical Phenomena

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The origin of the following work was a desire to present to students of chemistry an elementary view of the discoveries of Dr. Faraday in Electrical Science. From the very first publication of his Experimental Researches in Electricity, I have felt that from them Chemical Philosophy will date one of its most splendid epochs; and perceiving, at the same time, that the results bear upon them the great impress of natural truths, namely, that they simplify while they extend our views, I have, from the first, availed myself of them in my instruction to my classes. I have enjoyed particular advantages in doing this from the kindness of the discoverer, for in every difficulty which arose, he has assisted me with his explanation and advice. At the same time, when consulted by my pupils upon the best mode of following up the oral instruction of lectures by the study of the subject in books, as they must do who intend to derive benefit from such instruction, I have been greatly at a loss to direct them.

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