12 CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER VIII. DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF MAGNETO- 

 ELECTRIC INDUCTION. FARADAY 253 



CHAPTER IX. TRANSITION TO CHEMICAL SCIENCE.. <>5f> 



THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE. 



BOOK XIY. 



HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. 



CHAPTER I. IMPROVEMENT OF THE NOTION OF CHEMICAL 

 ANALYSIS, AND RECOGNITION OF IT AS THE SPAGIRIC 

 ART 261 



CHAPTER II. DOCTRINE OF ACID AND ALKALI. SYLVIUS.. 262 



CHAPTER III DOCTRINE OF ELECTIVE ATTRACTIONS. 



GEOFFROY. BERGMAN 265 



CHAPTER IV. DOCTRINE OF ACIDIFICATION AND COMBUS- 

 TION. PHLOGISTIC THEORY. 



Publication of the Theory by Beccher and Stahl 267 



Reception and Application of the Theory . . 271 



CHAPTER V. CHEMISTRY OF GASES. BLACK. CAVENDISH.. 272 



CHAPTER VI. EPOCH OF THE THEORY OF OXYGEN. LA- 

 VOISIER. 



Sect. 1. Prelude to the Theory. Its Publication 275 



Sect. 2. Reception and Confirmation of the Theory of Oxygen 278 



Sect. 3. Nomenclature of the Oxygen Theory 281 



CHAPTER VII. -APPLICATION AND CORRECTION OF THE 



OXYGEN THEORY.. 282 



