Conversations on Chemistry
Conversations on Chemistry
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USDJane Haldimand Marcet (1769–1858) was a pioneer in the field of education who wrote accessible introductory books on science and economics. Noting that women's education 'is seldom calculated to prepare their minds for abstract ideas', she resolved to write books that would inform, entertain and improve a generation of female readers. First published anonymously in 1805, her two-volume Conversations on Chemistry swiftly became a standard primer going through sixteen editions in England alone, and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. Presented as a series of discussions between a fictional tutor, Mrs. Bryan, and her two female students, the flighty Caroline and earnest Emily, Conversations combines entertaining banter with a clear and concise explanation of scientific theories of the day. Volume 2 contains spirited exchanges on topics including 'shells and chalk', borax, decomposing vegetables and 'animal economy', which will interest historians of both science and education.
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October 2010Paperback
9781108016841
394 pages
216 × 22 × 140 mm
0.5kg
3 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 13. On the attraction of composition
- 14. On alkalies
- 15. On earths
- 16. On acids
- 17. Of the sulphuric and phosphoric acids
- 18. Of the nitric and carbonic acids
- 19. Of the boracic, fluoric, muriatic, and oxygenated muriatic acids
- 20. On the nature and composition of vegetables
- 21. On the decomposition of vegetables
- 22. History of vegetation
- 23. On the composition of animals
- 24. On the animal economy
- 25. On animalisations, nutrition, and respiration
- 26. On animal heat, and of various animal products
- Index.
