CONTENTS. 



1. Of the ORIGIN of CHEMISTRY. 



5 i. Of the flow Progrefs of Natural Philt)' 

 fiphy page i 



1. Origin of Chewical Arts - 5 



3. State of Chcmijlry in Kgypt - 15 



4. State of Chemijlry among the Greeks 54 



5. Traces of Cbemijlry {lift over a Me in dif- 

 ferent parts of the world ji 



6. Synopfis of things tinknoivn in Cbewif- 



try during the fir ft Period. - 90 



II. HISTORY of CHEMISTRY during the MIDDLE 

 AOK. , 



5 J. General Idea of this Period 93 



2. Of the great Work 129 



3. Of the Univerfal Medicine - 143 



4. Of the chief Difcoveries in Chcwijlry 

 made during this period - .14$ 



III. ANALYSIS of LITHOMARGE. 



5 I. General Char after of Lithomargc 15$ 



a 2 * 2. Of 



