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