INDEX

Æneas Garæus, [35]
Agricola, Georg, [66]
Aidoneous, god of earth, [22]
Albertus Magnus, [40], [47]
Alchemy, [28]
and astrology, [36]
its character, [39]
Alkahest, [51]
Anastatius the Sinaite, [35]
Anaxagoras, [26]
Anaximenes, [21]
Aqua regia, [39]
Arabian learning, influence on Western Europe, [25]
Archæus, [59]
Argentarium, [10]
Argentum vivum, [11]
Aristotle, his doctrine of “elements”, [23]
his character as a man of science, [24]
Arnoldus Villanovanus (Arnaud de Villeneuve), [42], [47], [48], [51]
Arvidson, [155]
Arrenichon, [13]
Ars Transmutatoria, [46]
Artephius, [49]
Astrology and alchemy, [36]
Atoms, ancient theories of, [26]
Atramentum, [14]
Aurichalcum, [9]
Auri pigmentum (orpiment), [13]
Averroes, [25], [38]
Avicenna, [38]
Avogadro, [181]
Bacon, Roger, [40], [41]
Bacon, Lord, [55]
Baldwin’s phosphorus, [80]
Bartoletti, Fabrizio, [155]
Basil Valentine, [43], [47], [49], [156]
Bathurst, Ralph, [74]
Becher, John Joachim, [81], [156]
Benther, David, alchemist, [53]
Bergman, [94], [107], [124], [158], [160]
Berigard de Pisa, [48]
Berthollet, Claude-Louis, [116] et seq., [156], [160], [164]
Berthelot, [37]
Berzelius, Jöns Jakob, [133], [156], [159], [160], [164]
Black, Joseph, [98] et seq., [171]
Bochart, [4]
Boerhaave, 3–[20], [35], [42], [49], [51], [106]
his life and work, [84] et seq.
Bolim, [160]
Borri, [53]
Botryitis, [12]
Bouillon-Lagrange, [158]
Boullay, [162], [167]
Boyle, Robert [20], [72] et seq., [107], [113], [155], [157], [159], [175], [177]
Bragadino, alchemist, [53]
Brooke Taylor, [171]
Brugnatelli, [158], [161]
Cadmia, [12]
Cœruleum, [12]
Caligula, [34]
Carbunculus, [48]
Cardan, [110]
Cavendish, [94], [102] et seq., [107], [171]
Caventou, [162]
Cerium, its discovery, [121]
Cerussa, [10]
usta, [12]
Chalcantum (copper sulphate), [12]
Charles, [178]
Chalybes, smelters of iron, [11]
Chemistry of the ancients, [1]
Chenevix, [157]
Chevreul, [54], [162]
Chlorine, discovery of, [107]
Chromium, discovery of, [120]
Chrysocolla, [12]
Cinnabar, use as pigment, [13]
Clouet, [180]
Clytemius, John, [54]
Cobalt, discovered by Brandt, [107]
Combining proportion, [129]
Conservation of matter, [113]
Conringius, Hermann, [51]
Copper, Egyptian, [8]
Roman, [9]
Cordus Valerius, [69]
Crawford, [107], [172]
Croll, Oswald, [65]
Cronstedt, [107]
Cyanogen, discovery of, [151]
Dalton, [125] et seq., [178], [181]
Davy, [29], [141]
Dee, John, [53]
Delambre, [116]
Demokritos, [26]
De Re Metallica, [66]
Derosne, [157]
Dickinson, [50]
Diodorus Siculus, [7]
Dioscorides, [156], [160]
Döbereiner, [155], [162], [167]
Dorn, [60]
Duchesne, [61]
Duhamel, [98], [157]
Dumas, [162], [167], [168], [181]
Dulong, [158], [173], [174]
Dyeing by the Egyptians, [14]
Egypt, birthplace of chemistry, [1]
Electrum, [8]
Elementa Chemia, [87]
“Elements,” Aristotelian, qualities of, [23]
Elephantinum, [14]
Elixir, [32]
Eller, [94]
Empedokles, [23]
Erastius, Thomas, [51]
Equivalent, [129]
Fæx vini, [137]
Fischer, G. E., [124]
Flos æris, [12]
Fourcroy, [112], [118], [155], [158], [161], [162]
Frankland, [168]
Gahn, [108]
Gas sylvestre, [63]
Gay Lussac, [150], [155], [161], [164], [167], [178], [181]
Geber, [36]
theory of metals, [37], [156]
Generation of metals, [33]
Geoffroy, [106]
Gerhardt, [168]
Glass, known to the ancients, [15]
Glauber, Johann Rudolf, [68]
Glucinum, its discovery, [120]
Gmelin, L. [161]
Gold, extraction by ancients, [7]
Goulard, [157]
Gomes, [161]
Göttling, [156]
Graham, Thomas, [178]
Gresham College, [74]
Gualdo, [49]
Guyton de Morveau, [112], [160]
Hæmatinon, [15]
Hales, Stephen, [89]
“Harmonics,” Paracelsian, [61]
Hauy, [176]
Hellot, [108]
Helmont, John Baptist van, [63]
Helvetius, [48]
Hennel, [155]
Henry, [181]
Herakleitos, [21]
Here, god of air, [22]
Hermbstädt, [158]
Hermes Trismegistus, [4], [33]
“Hermes of Germany, the”, [52]
Hoffmann, [106]
Homberg, William, [84]
Houton-Labillardière, [158]
Howard, [161]
Hyalos, use of, for kindling fire, [15]
Hydrargyrum, [11]
Iatro-chemistry, [57]
Ink of the ancients, [14]
Ingenhousz, [21]
Invisible College, the, [74]
Iron, use of, by the ancients, [10]
Irvine, [172]
Isaac of Holland, [49]
Isomerism, [165]
Isomorphism, discovery of, [176]
“Kalid,” his philosopher’s stone, [48]
Key of Wisdom, [53]
Kircher, [51]
Kirchhoff, [162]
Kirwan, [113]
Klaproth, [120], [160]
Klettenberg, Hector de, [54]
Kopp, [181]
Krohnemann, William de, [53]
Kunkel, John, [51], [79]
Laboratorium Chymicum, [80]
Lac Virginis, [157]
Lagrange, [116]
Laplace, [172]
Latent heat, [99], [172]
Lauraquais, [155]
Laurent, [168]
Lavoisier, [20], [22], [109]
antiphlogistic theory, [112], [116], [156], [164], [166], [173]
Law of Dulong and Petit, [173], [174]
Law of electrolytic action, [153]
Lead, known to the ancients, [10]
Leblanc, [108]
Lehmann, [159]
Lemery, Nicolas, [83], [154], [156]
Leo Africanus, [36]
Leukippos, [26]
Libavius, Andreas (Libau), [62], [155], [157]
Lieber, Thomas, [65]
Liebig, [155], [156], [159], [164], [167]
Löwiz, [156]
Lucretius, [26], [27]
Lully, Raymund, [41], [47], [49]
Macquer, [98]
Magistery, grand, [48]
small, [48]
Magnesia alba, nature of, [107]
Manganese, discovery of, [107]
Marggraf, [95], [107], [108], [157]
Marie Ziglerin burnt, [53]
Martian preparations, [37]
Marriotte, [178]
Maternus, Julius Firmicus, [35]
Mayerne, Turquet de, [65]
Mayow, John, [82] et seq.
Medicine and Astrology, [58]
Melinum, 13–[14]
Menethes Sibonita, [3]
“Mercury,” as “element”, [31]
Mercury, receipt for fixing, [50]
Metallurgy of the ancients, [7]
Metals of the phlogistians, [104]
Minderer, Raymond, [157]
Minium, [12]
Mitscherlich, [159], [175], [176], [177]
Molybdena, [12]
Monge, [180]
Monro, Donald, [159]
Mordants, Egyptian, [15]
Mundamus, [43]
Mynsicht, Adrian van, [65], [158]
Narcotine, [161]
Natron, used as a detergent, [16]
Natterer, [180]
Nestis, god of water, [22]
Neumann, [94], [175]
New System of Chemical Philosophy, Dalton’s, [129]
Nickel, discovery of, [107]
Nitrogen, discovery of, [107]
Northmore, [180]
Œrugo, [12]
Oil of wine, [155]
Okeanos, [19]
Oleus Borrichius, [33]
Olimpiodorus, [35]
Onychitis, [12]
Operinus, [60]
Ostracitis, [12]
Oxides, metallic, used by ancients to colour glass [15]
Oxygen, its discovery, [105]
influence of, on chemistry, [105]
Palissy, Bernard, [67]
Paracelsus, [40], [48], [57]
Paratonium, [13]
Pelletier, [162]
Peligot, [162]
Peripatetic philosophy, influence on science, [24]
Petit, Alexis Therese, [173], [175]
Pherekides, [21]
Philosophia Orientalis, [38]
Philosopher’s Stone, [32], [46], [49]
Philosophical egg, [33]
Phlogistonism, [95] et seq.
Phosphorus, discovery of, [80], [107]
Placitis, [12]
Platinum, discovery of, [107]
Plato’s doctrine of “elements”, [23]
Pliny, [156]
Plumbum album, [10]
nigrum, [10]
Pope John XXII., alchemist, [46]
Porret, [160]
Pott, [94], [95], [159]
Price, James of Guildford, [54]
Priestley, Joseph, [20], [22]
his life and work, [99] et seq.
Proust, Joseph Louis, [121]
Purple of Cassius, [81]
Purpurissum, [13]
Quintessence of philosophers, [32]
Raquetaillade, Jean de, [43]
Realgar, [13]
Reaumur, [108]
Rey, [110]
Rhazes, [38]
Richter, Jeremiah Benjamin, [124]
Ripley, George, [43]
Robiquet, [161], [167]
Roebuck, [108]
Romé de L’Isle, [176]
Rose, Gustav, [177]
Rosenkreutz, Christian, [55]
Rouelle, [94], [106], [159]
Royal Society, foundation of, [74]
Rubrica, [13]
Rupecissa, Johannes de, [43]
Saccharum plumbi quintessentiale, [157]
Sala, Angelus, [65]
Sal Armoniacum, [44]
Sal Duplicatum, [81]
Sal mirabile, [68]
Sandarach, [13]
Saturnine solutions, [37]
Savary, [155]
Sceptical Chemist, The, [70]
Scheele, [96] et seq., [107], [155], [158], [159], [160], [166]
Schroeder, [181]
Scoria æris, [12]
Sefström, [135]
Seguin, [159]
Seignette, Peter, [157]
Selenium, its discovery, [135]
Sennert, Daniel, [65]
Sertürner, [161]
Severinus, [61]
Silver, known to the ancients, [7]
Sinopis, [13]
Soap, manufacture by Gauls, [15]
Specific heat, discovery of, [99]
Spiritus igno-aëreus, [82]
Stahl, George Ernst, [92], [156]
Stannum, [10]
Statical Essays of Hales, [89]
Statique Chimique, [117]
Stephanus, [35]
Stibium, [13]
Stimmi, [13]
Strontia, discovery of, [107]
Suidas, [34]
“Sulphur,” as “element”, [31]
Sulzbach, [110]
Sun worship, [22]
Sylvius, Francis de le Boë, [64]
Syncellus, [35]
Tachenius, [69]
Tartarus, doctrine of, [59], [157]
Tellurium, discovery of, [121]
Terra pinguis of Becher, [92]
Tertiarium, [10]
Tertullian, [19]
Thales of Miletus, [19]
Thénard, [152], [164]
Theophrastus, [156]
The Tincture, [32]
Thilorier, [180]
Thomson, Thomas, [129]
Thorium, its discovery, [135]
Thurneysser, Leonard, [53], [60]
Tin, known to the Egyptians, [9]
Transmutation, [28], [30]
Trommsdorff, [157]
Tubal Cain (Tuval-Cain), [7]
Turquet de Mayerne, [158]
Tyrian purple, [14]
Valentine, Basil, [43], [47], [49], [156]
Van Helmont, [20], [48], [63]
Vasa murrhina, [15]
Vauquelin, [119], [155], [158], [161], [162]
Verdigris, [56]
Vincent de Beauvais, [50]
Von Ittner, [160]
Wallis, John, [74]
Ward, Seth, [74]
“White” gold, [7]
Wilcke, [172]
Willis, Thomas, [64], [74]
Wöhler, [161], [163], [167]
Wollaston, [144], [176]
Woodward, [160]
Wray, [159]
Wren, Christopher, [74]
Zacharias, Daniel, [49]
Zozimus the Panopolite, [4]