A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES
HISTORY
OF
CHEMISTRY
BY
Sir EDWARD THORPE,
C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.
AUTHOR OF “ESSAYS IN HISTORICAL CHEMISTRY,” “HUMPHRY DAVY:
POET AND PHILOSOPHER,” “JOSEPH PRIESTLEY,” ETC., ETC.
TWO VOLUMES
I.
From the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1909
Copyright, 1909, by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
This series is published in London by
The Rationalist Press Association, Limited