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Originally published in 1904, this book presents an account by Ida Freund of the study of chemical composition.
List of contents
Introduction. The method of the inductive sciences. Observation, generalisation and law. Hypothesis and theory; 1. Theories of combustion; 2. Lavoisier and the law of conservation of mass; 3. Exact and approximate laws; 4. Bethollet and the law of mass action; 5. Proust and the law of fixed ratios; 6. Dalton and the law of multiple ratios; 7. Richter and the law of equivalent ratios; 8. Combining or equivalent weights. Symbol weights; Appendix A. A selection of combining weight values; 9. The ultimate constitution of matter. Hypotheses prior to 1800; 10. Dalton and the atomic hypothesis; 11. Gay-Lussac and the law of the combining volumes of gases; 12. Avogardo and the molecular hypothesis; 13. Cannizzaro and the application of Avogardo's hypothesis to the determination of molecular and atomic weights; 14. Petit and Dulong and the law of atomic heat; 15. Mitscherlich and the connection between chrystalline form and chemical composition; 16. Mendeleef and the periodic law; 17. Kekulé and the doctrine of valency; 18. Berzelius and isomerism; 19. The ultimate constitution of matter and the genesis of the elements; Index.
Summary
Ida Freund (1863–1914) was a chemist and educationalist most commonly remembered as the first female chemistry lecturer in Britain. Originally published in 1904, this book presents an account by Freund of the study of chemical composition. The text shows how empirical knowledge comprising the doctrine of chemical composition was developed.
