

CONTENTS 



OF 

 THE FIRST VOLUME 



PAGE 



TRANSLATORS' PREFACE ....... v 



AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION . . . . .. vii 



TABLE OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS IN GROUPS AND 



SERIES . . . . . . . xii 



TABLE OF THE ATOMIC WEIGHTS OF THE ELEMENTS. DISTRIBUTION 



OF THE ELEMENTS IN PERIODS ..... xiii 



INTRODUCTION . . . 1 



CHAPTER 



I. ON WATER AND ITS COMPOUNDS . . . . .40 



II. THE COMPOSITION OF WATER. HYDROGEN . . . 112 



III. OXYGEN AND THE CHIEF ASPECTS OF ITS SALINE COMBINATIONS . 151 



IV. OZONE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. DALTON'S LAW . . . 197 

 V. NITROGEN AND AlR ....... 221 



VI. THE COMPOUNDS OF NITROGEN WITH HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN . 243 



VII. MOLECULES AND ATOMS. THE LAWS OF GAY-LUSSAC AND 



AVOGADRO-GERHARDT . . . . . . 292 



VIII. CARBON AND THE HYDROCARBONS . ... 3*2(5 



IX COMPOUNDS OF CARBON WITH OXYGEN AND NITROGEN . . 307 



