On the \st of May next will be Published by Mr. Murray, in 

 Albemarle-Street, in 3 vols., 8t"0., 



A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY, 



Containing the principal Facts of the Science, arranged as they 

 are discussed and illustrated in the Lectures at the Royal 

 Institution of Great Britain, by 



WILLIAM THOMAS BRANDE, 

 Sec. R. S., Professor of Chemistry Royal Institution, &c. 



The subjects are treated of in these volumes in the following 

 order : 



Vol. I. — A Prefatory History of the Progress of Chemical Science, from 

 early times to the End of the last Century. 



General View of the Principles of Chemistry, and of the Phaenomena of 

 Attraction, Heat, and Electricity. 



History of Radiant or Imponderable Matter ; of the Simple Supporters of 

 Combustion ; of the Acidifiable Bodies ; and of their INIutual Com- 

 bination. 



Vol. II. — General and Individual History of the Metals, and of their 

 Combinations. 

 Of the Analysis of Metalliferous Compounds, and of Mineral Waters. 



Vol. III. — History of the Organic Products of the Vegetable and Animal 

 Kingdoms. 

 Outline of Geological Theories, and of the Structure of the Earth. 

 Avery Copious Index of Reference is subjoined to this Volume. 



This work is illustrated by several Copper-plate Engravings 

 of the Laboratory of the Royal Institution, &c.; and by more 

 than one Hundred Engravings on Wood, illustrative of the 

 different Apparatus employed in Chemical Researches ; and 

 of the Subject of Geology ; it also contains a variety of useful 

 Tables and Diagrams. 



