vi CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. 



CHAPTER IV. DISCOVERY QF 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 . . 100 



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 



