The Study of the Atom 



or 



The Foundations of Chemistry 



By 



F. P. Venable, Ph.D., D.Sc., LL.D., 



University of North Carolina. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I Ancient Views as to the Nature of Matter. 

 CHAPTER II From the Greek Philosophers to Dalton. CHAPTER 

 III The Atomic Theory of Chemistry. CHAPTER IV The Re- 

 lative Weights of the Atoms. CHAPTER V The Periodic or Natu- 

 ral System. CHAPTER VI Affinity, the Atomic Binding Force. 

 CHAPTER VII Valence. CHAPTER VIII Molecules and the 

 Constitution of Matter. 



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