A New System of Chemical Philosophy

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I
Section 1. On Heat or Caloric:
1. On temperature, and the instruments for measuring it
2. On expansion by heat
3. On the specific heat of bodies
4. On the theory of the specific heat of elastic fluids
5. On the quantity of heat evolved by combustion, etc.
6. On the natural zero of temperature, or absolute privation of heat
7. On the motion and communication of heat, arising from inequality of temperature
8. On the temperature of the atmosphere
9. On the phenomena of the congelation of water
Section 2. On the Constitution of Bodies:
1. On the constitution of pure elastic fluids
2. On the constitution of mixed elastic fluids
3. On the constitution of liquids, and the mechanical relations betwixt liquids and elastic fluids
4. On the constitution of solids
Section 3. On Chemical Synthesis: Part II
Section 4. On Elementary Principles:
1. On oxygen
2. On hydrogen
3. On azote or nitrogene
4. On carbone or charcoal
5. On sulphur
6. On phosphorus
7. On the metals
Section 5. Compounds of Two Elements:
1. Oxygen with hydrogen
2. Oxygen with azote
3. Oxygen with carbone
4. Oxygen with sulphur
5. Oxygen with phosphorus
6. Hydrogen with azote
7. Hydrogen with carbone
8. Hydrogen with sulphur
9. Hydrogen with phosphorus
10. Carbone with sulphur, with phosphorus, and sulphur with phosphorus
11. Fixed alkalies
12. Earths.

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