Excerpt from A Class-Book of Chemistry: In Which the Principles of the Science Are Familiarly Explained and Applied to the Arts, Agriculture, Physiology, Dietetics, Ventilation, and the Most Important Phenomena of Nature; Designed for the Use of Academies and Schools, and for Popular Reading The present volume is designed as a popular introduction to the study Of Chemistry. It aims to present the subject in such a manner as to win the attention and engage the interest of beginners, and is especially adapted to the wants Of that large class, both in and out Of school, who would like to know something Of this interesting sci ence, but have neither leisure nor Opportunity to pursue it in a de tailed and experimental way. As such will necessarily be more concerned to know what facts, principles, and results have been ar rived at by chemical research, than to trace the routes by which they were reached, or the Operations by which they may be confirmed, the following pages will be found chiefly occupied with the explana tion Of established principles, and their application to the most prao tical and familiar affairs of common life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.