CONTENTS. 



i. 



FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER. RESULTS OF THE 

 ATTRACTIONS BETWEEN MASSES, SURFACES, AND MOLECULES. 



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1. Extension or figure. 



Matter State of aggregation Solids Cohesion Force 

 Crystallized, amorphous, polymorphous, isoinorphous sub- 

 stances Liquids Gases Law of Mariotte .... 17-21 



2. Divisibility. 



Mechanical comminution Action of heat on matter 

 Molecular theory Law of Avogadro Motion of molecules, 

 heat Melting, boiling, distillation, sublimation Thermo- 

 meters-Specific heat . . . . . . . . 21-28 



3. Gravitation. ^ 



Action of gravitation Weight, specific weight Hydro- 

 meters Weight of gases Barometer Changes in the atmo- 

 spheric pressure Influence of pressure on state of aggregation 28-31 



4. Porosity. 



Nature of porosity Surface, surface-action Adhesion 

 Capillary attraction Absorption Diffusion Dialysis In- 

 destructibility . . . 32-36 



II. 



PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY. RESULTS OF THE ATTRACTION 

 BETWEEN ATOMS. 



5. Chemical divisibility. 



Decomposition by heat Elements Compound substances 

 Chemical affinity Atoms Chemistry Atomic and molecular 

 weight Chemical symbols and formulas 37-42 



6. Laws of chemical combination. 



Law of the constancy of composition Law of multiple pro- 

 portionsLaw of chemical combination by volume Law of 

 equivalents Quantivalence, valence . ... 42-48 



