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Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fourth volume is on Chemistry written by William Allan Hamor. It discusses the development of chemical knowledge, from the ancients to modern times. It expanded further on the early works of alchemists and into the phlogistic period. The last chapters cover atomic theories and the development of organic and inorganic chemistry. - Summary by Sienna
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
20:22 - Chapter 2
Chapter 1 - Development of the Chemical Conception
17:00 - Chapter 3
Chapter 2 - Chemical Knowledge of the Ancients
32:00 - Chapter 4
Chapter 3 - The Early Alchemists
37:31 - Chapter 5
Chapter 4 - The Later Alchemists
36:02 - Chapter 6
Chapter 5 - The Iatro-Chemical Period, Part 1
29:41 - Chapter 7
Chapter 5 - The Iatro-Chemical Period, Part 2
25:12 - Chapter 8
Chapter 6 - The Early Phlogistic Period
30:26 - Chapter 9
Chapter 7 - The Phlogistic Period Proper, Part 1
22:07 - Chapter 10
Chapter 7 - The Phlogistic Period Proper, Part 2
30:28 - Chapter 11
Chapter 8 - Special Branches in Phlogistic Period, Part 1
29:46 - Chapter 12
Chapter 8 - Special Branches in Phlogistic Period, Part 2
31:36 - Chapter 13
Chapter 9 - Lavoisier and Anti-Phlogisticism, Part 1
26:42 - Chapter 14
Chapter 9 - Lavoisier and Anti-Phlogisticism, Part 2
30:09 - Chapter 15
Chapter 10 - The Atomic Theory and Davy
1:00:10 - Chapter 16
Chapter 11 - The Atomic Theory and Berzelius
43:44 - Chapter 17
Chapter 12 - The Development of Organic Chemistry
38:26 - Chapter 18
Chapter 13 - Valence and Stereo-Chemistry
32:06 - Chapter 19
Chapter 14 - Modern Inorganic Chemistry
36:17 - Chapter 20
Chapter 15 - Atomic Weights and Periodic Law, Part 1
39:16 - Chapter 21
Chapter 15 - Atomic Weights and Periodic Law, Part 2
24:50 - Chapter 22
Chapter 16 - The Development of Applied Chemistry
37:23