Excerpt from Early Miscellaneous Papers From 1799 to 1805: With an Introductory Lecture, and Outlines of Lectures on Chemistry, Delivered in 1802, and 1804 It is mainly interesting on two accounts: one, as illustrating the progress of Chemical Discovery, and more especially of Voltaic Electricity; the other, as displaying the progress of the Author's own mind, and the formation of his philosophical character. 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.