CONTENTS 



Professor Meldola's Preface . 

 Author's Preface. 



PART I 



I. Weights and Measures 

 II. The Atmosphere . 



III. Composition of Air 



IV. Oxygen Gas. 

 V. The Third Constituent of the Aif 



VI. Aqueous Vapour, Water, and Ice 

 VII. Water as a Solvent 

 VIII. Density 

 IX. Composition of Water 

 X. Hydrogen Gas 

 XI, Conclusions 



Questions and Problems for Revision and Exam in a 

 tion ...... 



PART II 



XII. Basic Oxides, Acid Oxides, and Salts. 



XIII. The Metals— The Metallic Oxides 



XIV. Combining Weights of the Elements . 

 XV. Composition of the Basic Oxides and Hydrates 



XVI. The Non-metallic Elements— Sulphur 



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