Chapter I: Front Matter

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CHEMISTRY:

DEVELOPED BY
FACTS AND PRINCIPLES DRAWN CHIEFLY FROM THE NON-METALS,

BY
JOHN HOWARD APPLETON, A. M.,
_Professor of Chemistry in Brown University_.

AUTHOR OF
“THE YOUNG CHEMIST,”
“QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS,”
“QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.”
“THE LABORATORY HANDBOOK.”

PROVIDENCE:
PROVIDENCE LITHOGRAPH COMPANY.
1884.

OTHER WORKS ON CHEMISTRY

BY PROFESSOR APPLETON:

=I. The Young Chemist=: A book of chemical experiments for beginners in Chemistry. It is composed almost entirely of experiments, those being chosen that may be performed with very simple apparatus.

=II. Qualitative Analysis=: A brief but thorough manual for laboratory use.

It gives full explanations and many chemical equations. The processes of analysis are clearly stated and the whole subject is handled in a manner that has been highly commended.

=III. Quantitative Analysis=: The treatment of the subject is such as to afford an acquaintance with the best methods of determining all the principal elements, as well as with the most important type-processes both of gravimetric and volumetric analysis.

THE EXPLANATIONS ARE DIRECT AND CLEAR so that a pupil is enabled to work intelligently _even without the constant guidance of the teacher_. By this means the book is adapted for self-instruction of teachers and others who require this kind of help to enable them to advance beyond their present attainments.

=IV. The Laboratory Handbook=: An annual publication containing many convenient tables for laboratory use. New tables are constantly introduced, and changes are made in order to keep the matter abreast of the latest discoveries.

COPYRIGHT, 1884,
BY
JOHN HOWARD APPLETON.

PRINTED AND ELECTROTYPED BY
E. A. JOHNSON & CO.,
PROVIDENCE, R. I.