VI CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. 



PA OF. 



CHAPTER IV. DISCOVERY OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ACTION. 



OERSTED . . 91 



CHAPTER V. DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF ELECTRO- 

 MAGNETIC ACTION ... 93 



CHAPTER VI. THEORY OF ELECTRO-DYNAMICAL ACTION. 



Ampere's Theory . .95 



Reception of Ampere's Theory 1 00 



CHAPTER VII. CONSEQUENCES OF THE ELECTRO-DYNAMIC 



THEORY . . . .103 



CHAPTER VIII. DISCOVERY OF THE LAWS OF MAGNETO- 

 ELECTRIC INDUCTION. FARADAY 105 



CHAPTER IX. TRANSITION TO CHEMICAL SCIENCE . 112 



THE ANALYTICAL SCIENCE. 



BOOK XIV. 

 HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. 



CHAPTER I. IMPROVEMENT OF THE NOTION OF CHEMICAL 

 ANALYSIS, AND RECOGNITION OF IT AS THE SPAGIRIC 

 ART . ... 121 



CHAPTER II. DOCTRINE OF ACID AND ALKALI. SYLVIUS 124 



CHAPTER III. DOCTRINE OF ELECTIVE ATTRACTIONS. 



GEOFFROY. BERGMAN . .128 



CHAPTER IV. DOCTRINE OF ACIDIFICATION AND COMBUS- 

 TION. PHLOGISTIC THEORY. 



Publication of the Theory by Beccher and Stahl . . 133 

 Reception and Application of the Theory . . .140 



CHAPTER V CHEMISTRY OF GASES. BLACK. CAVENDISH 141 



CHAPTER VI. EPOCH OF THE THEORY OF OXYGEN. LA- 

 VOISIER. 



Sect. 1. Prelude to the Theory. Its Publication . 145 



Sect. 2. Reception and Confirmation of the Theory of 



Oxygen ....... 149 



Sect. 3. Nomenclature of the Oxygen Theory . . 154 



