A FIRST COURSE IN CHEMISTRY 



By WILLIAM MCPHERSON and WILLIAM E. HENDERSON, Ohio State University 

 416 pages, illustrated 



PERHAPS the most unique feature of this book is its constant em- 

 phasis upon underlying principles and upon the applications of chenv 

 istry to everyday life. The material included embodies the very latest 

 discoveries in laboratory research and the most up-to-date pedagogical 

 methods. The book has been prepared especially to supply a brief 

 course for beginning students in chemistry. The treatment, while 

 remarkably clear and interesting, never descends to the standard of 

 the merely popular wonderbook. The constant aim is to encourage 

 scientific habits of thought and to discourage superficialities. 



Features of the book which challenge and hold the interest are : 



1. The simple, direct, and incisive style. 



2. The treatment of chemistry as a constantly 



growing and changing science. 



3. The abundance of helpful exercises. 



4. The discussion of the practical applications of chem- 



istry to metallurgy, manufacturing, agriculture, 

 household economics, hygiene, and sanitation. 



5. The strictly modern spirit which yet avoids all 



unproved innovations. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



To accompany " A First Course in Chemistry " 



12,8 pages, bound in cloth or in Biflex Binder 



ONE hundred carefully selected and graded exercises, all of which 

 can be performed with the simplest and most inexpensive apparatus 

 and which give the student a real insight into the principles as well 

 as the applications of chemistry. 



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