SECTION III. — HISTORY. 87 



Bapst, Germain. 



Les metaux dans I'antiquite et au moyen age. L'etain. Paris, 1 884. 8vo. 



Barral et Dumas. 



Pieces historiques concernant Lavoisier et N. Leblanc. 

 See in Section V, Societe chimique de Paris (i860). 



Barral, Georges. 



* Histoire des sciences sous Napoleon Bonaparte. Paris, 1889. pp. ix- 



290, i2mo. 



Chapter v contains in .alphabetical order biographies of the chief scientists 

 (including chemists) who flourished under the empire. 



Bathurst, Rath and Nath. Henshaw. 



Aerochalinos, or a Register for the Air. London, 1677. i2mo. 



Said by Schubarth to contain the discovery of a vital principle common to 

 saltpeter and to the atmosphere, i.e., oxygen. 



Bauer, A. 



* Chemie und Alchymie in Oesterreich bis zum Beginnen der XIX Jahr- 



hundert. Eine Skizze. Wien, 1883. pp. [iv]-85, 8vo. 111. 



Bauke, F. 



Die Raoultsche Gefriermethode fiir die Molekulargewichtsbestimmung 

 und ihr Nutzen fiir die chemische Forschung. Ein Kapitel aus 

 der Entwicklungsgeschichte der modern en Chemie. Berlin, 1890. 

 8vo. 111. 



Baume, Antoine. 



Discours historique sur I'sether. In Dissertation sur I'cether. See in Section 

 V, Baume, Antoine. 



BdCHAMP, P. J. A. 



Essai sur les progres de la chimie organique depuis Lavoisier. Mont- 

 pellier, 1857. 8vo. 



* Lettres historiques sur la chimie addressees a M. le Professeur Courty. 



Paris, 1876. pp. cxlix-289, and 332, 8vo. 



This work is dedicated to : " L'illustre et veneree memoire de Lavoisier 

 indignement outrage par les chimistes AUemands Kolbe, Liebig et 

 Volhard." This indicates its remarkable partisan character. The 

 letters are in two series : the first, written in 1862-64, are devoted almost 

 wholly to a defence of Lavoisier and his work ; the second series, written 

 in 1S71-74, defends the chemists of France and bitterly attacks Prus- 

 sians. A long introduction sustains the controversial spirit of the author. 



