CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



KAW MATERIALS AND PRIMITIVE MANUFACTURES . I 



CHAPTER II 



THE ACIDS 12 



CHAPTER III 



THE BURNING OF METALS AND THE DISCOVERY OF 



OXYGEN .'.... . . . . 26 



CHAPTER IV 



CHALK, LIME, AND THE ALKALIS 48 



CHAPTER V 



THE STUDY OF GASES . . . . , : . . . . 64 

 CHAPTER VI 



THE COMPOSITION OF FIXED AIR. CARBON, CARBONIC 



ACID, AND THE CARBONATES 94 



CHAPTER VII 



THE BURNING OF INFLAMMABLE AIR, AND THE COM- 

 POSITION OF WATER . . . . . . . 112 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE BURNING OF INFLAMMABLE GASES, LIQUIDS, AND 



SOLIDS 137 



CHAPTER IX 



SULPHUR AND PHOSPHORUS 162 



