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Klappentext Dalton's work is a monument of nineteenth-century science that transformed atomic theory and laid the basis for modern chemistry.Dalton's Chemical Philosophy, which demonstrated the importance of the relative weight and structure of atomic particles, revolutionised atomic theory and laid the basis for much of modern chemistry. Volume 1 introduces Dalton's atomic theory and includes the results he obtained for the weights and structures of twelve groups of compounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I; Section 1. On Heat or Caloric: 1. On temperature, and the instruments for measuring it; 2. On expansion by heat; 3. On the specific heat of bodies; 4. On the theory of the specific heat of elastic fluids; 5. On the quantity of heat evolved by combustion, etc.; 6. On the natural zero of temperature, or absolute privation of heat; 7. On the motion and communication of heat, arising from inequality of temperature; 8. On the temperature of the atmosphere; 9. On the phenomena of the congelation of water; Section 2. On the Constitution of Bodies: 1. On the constitution of pure elastic fluids; 2. On the constitution of mixed elastic fluids; 3. On the constitution of liquids, and the mechanical relations betwixt liquids and elastic fluids; 4. On the constitution of solids; Section 3. On Chemical Synthesis: Part II; Section 4. On Elementary Principles: 1. On oxygen; 2. On hydrogen; 3. On azote or nitrogene; 4. On carbone or charcoal; 5. On sulphur; 6. On phosphorus; 7. On the metals; Section 5. Compounds of Two Elements: 1. Oxygen with hydrogen; 2. Oxygen with azote; 3. Oxygen with carbone; 4. Oxygen with sulphur; 5. Oxygen with phosphorus; 6. Hydrogen with azote; 7. Hydrogen with carbone; 8. Hydrogen with sulphur; 9. Hydrogen with phosphorus; 10. Carbone with sulphur, with phosphorus, and sulphur with phosphorus; 11. Fixed alkalies; 12. Earths.
