CONTENTS 



PACM 



INTRODUCTION ......... 1 



PAET I 



CHEMICAL LABORATORIES AND THE WORK DONE IN THEM 



CHAPTER 



I. LABORATORIES FOR GENERAL TEACHING . . 17 



II. LABORATORIES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES . . 47 



III. APPARATUS . . ... 76 



PAET II 



MODERN DISCOVERIES AND THEORIES 



IV. PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY .... 103 

 V. ELECTRIC DISCHARGE IN GASES ELECTRONS . 113 



VI. THE ELEMENTS OF THE CHEMIST . . . 122 



VII. DISCOVERY AND PROPERTIES OF RADIUM . . 141 



VIII. GENESIS AND TRANSMUTATIONS OF THE ELEMENTS 157 



IX-. SOLUTIONS 170 



X. ELECTROLYSIS 184 



XI. CATALYSIS AND CATALYSTS . . . .196 



XII. ARCHITECTURE OF MOLECULES .... 213 

 XIII. COLLOIDS- THE MICROSCOPIC AND ULTRAMICRO- 



SCOPIC 228 



PART III 



MODERN APPLICATIONS OF CHEMISTRY 



XIV. HYDROGEN ..... . 243 



XV. OXYGEN AND NITROGEN 249 



XVI. WATER AND ITS PURIFICATION .... 254 



XVII. METALS AND SOME OF THEIR COMPOUNDS . . 258 



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