Elements of Chemistry: Including a Copious Selection of Experiments, and Minute Directions for Performing Them; Together With Numerous Applications to the Arts and Purposes of Life; Adapted to the Use - Hardcover

Alexander Fisher Olmsted

9780266531937: Elements of Chemistry: Including a Copious Selection of Experiments, and Minute Directions for Performing Them; Together With Numerous Applications to the Arts and Purposes of Life; Adapted to the Use

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ISBN 10: 0266531938 ISBN 13: 9780266531937

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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A practical, beginner-friendly guide to chemistry that links theory to everyday life.

This edition presents chemistry in three broad areas: general principles and laws, the elements and their combinations, and organic chemistry. It explains the difference between chemical and mechanical properties and how analysis and synthesis are used to understand matter.

The text emphasizes clear, simple language and practical usefulness for young learners, with added sections on experiments, laboratory processes, and apparatus. It connects ideas about atoms, molecules, attraction, and cohesion to real-world phenomena and everyday objects.

Understand the distinction between chemical and mechanical properties of matter.
Explore the three major parts: general principles and laws, elements and their combinations, and organic chemistry.
Learn how analysis and synthesis reveal the constituents of substances.
See practical examples, from clay and glaze making to pigments and materials used in daily life.

Ideal for readers beginning science study or anyone curious about how chemistry explains the world around us.

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