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A Syflem of Chemiftry in Four Volumes. By Th o m a s Thom s o N> 

 M. D. Lecturer on Chemiftry in Edinburgh. 



Thomfon's che- This work of Dr. Thomfon (who is well known to the ptib- 

 nu ry * lie by his excellent notes on an edition of Fourcroy's chemiftry 



in three volumes, as well as by feveral important memoirs in 

 our Journal, and other productions) is intended to exhibit a 

 detail of the vaft number of facts which conftitute the fcience 

 of chemiftry, blended with the hiflory of their gradual deve- 

 lopement and of the theories which have been founded on 

 them, and accompanied with exact references to the original 

 works in which the different difcoveries have been regiftered. 

 His plan or order of arrangement will be beft feen by enu- 

 merating the contents. 



After a fhort introduction, it is divided into parts, books, 

 chapters, and fections. Part firft relates to the principles of 

 chemiftry. Simple fubftances, viz. oxigen; fimple combus- 

 tibles, viz. fulphur, phofphorus, carbon, hidrogen, azote : 

 Metals, 22. — Light; caloric; general obfervations. — Com- 

 pound fubftances. Primary: Alkalis; earths, 10; oxides; 

 acids. Secondary: Glafs, falts, hidro-fulphurets, foaps.— Of 

 affinity. — Examination of nature. Of the atmofphere ; of 

 water; of minerals; of vegetables ; of animals. 



To enter into a detail of the numerous interefting and highly 

 valuable facts and ftatements which abound under the heads 

 above enumerated, would be impracticable in the fhort limits 

 of a notice. I muft therefore content myfelf with obferving, 

 that it is a clear, comprehenfive, and accurate fyftem, in which 

 the learner will be orderly led from one truth to another, and 

 the man of information will with eafe find the compendium 

 and references he may want; that it is beautifully and clofely 

 printed on fine paper, with fide notes ; and upon the whole 

 muft prove a defirable acquifition to our Hock of means for the 

 advancement of chemical knowledge. , 



Death of Thomas Garnet, M. D. late Profeffor of Chemiftry 

 and Natural Philofophy at the Royal Inftitution, 4'C. fyc. 



Death of Dr. ^ n tne 23th of June laft died of a typhous fever, caught in 



Garnet. the gratuitous exercife of his profeffion, Dr. Thomas Garnet, 



a man who, for his philofophical knowledge, his affiduous 



exertions in diffufing information by his lectures, and his 



amiable 



