A letter to the presidents and fellows of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, on the present state of practical chemistry and pharmacy / by D.B. Reid.
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- 1838
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Credit: A letter to the presidents and fellows of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, on the present state of practical chemistry and pharmacy / by D.B. Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table shewing the principal subjects requiring the attention of the student in the Elementary Course of Practical Chemistry , ' riC880O9ja X h]m and Pharmacy. ri'l ii ■ /'Iff li' I: ;nr mm; 'I’ll 1. Use of the balance in Quo cliemical onsag van t n operations! 2. Specific gravity of chemicals. , 3. Production of Heat. Furnace operations. ' ■ 4. 3Iauagement of poke, coal and charcoal. 5. Gas and other kinds of fuel. 6. Production of cold. Freezing mixtures. 7. Examination of air, ventilation. 8. Use of the Blowpipe. 9. Tube apparatus. 10. Flat-glass apparatus 11. Water. 12. Steam. 13. Mineral waters. 14. Acidimetry. 15. Alkalimetry. 16. Crystallization. 17- Electrical machine. 18. Galvanic trough. 19. Electro-magnetic machine. 20. Experiments in vacuo and with the air-pump. 21. Experiments under pressure. 22. Filtration. Funnels. ment. Pressure. 23. Crucible operations. 24. Pneumatic apparatus. 25. Glass apparatus. 26. Porcelain apparatus. 27. Miscellaneous apparatus. 28. Nitric acid. 29. Sulphuric acid. Sulphur. 30. Sulphureted hydrogen. 31. Compounds of phosphorus. 32. Carbon. Carbonic acid. 33 Chlorine. 34. Iodine (bromine. Fluorine). increased Displace- 35. Potassium and its preparations. 36. Soda, &c. 37. Ammonia, 38. Lime, &c. ' 39. Baryta, Strontia, Magnesia, Ac. 1 40. Alumina. Silica. 41. Iron; 42. Lead. 43. Copper. 44. Zinc. 45. Antimony. 46. Chrome, manganese, cobalt, anti 1 nickel. 47. Arsenic. 48. Mercury. 49. Silver,. Gold. 50. Platinum. Use of instruments of platinum. 51. Oxalic and Tartaric acid. 62. Acetic acid. 53. Citric, Benzoic, Gallic, and me- cqnie acids, &c. 54. Prussic acid. 55. Morphia. 56. Quina. 57. Strychnia, 58. Fixed oils. 59. Volatile oils. 60. Sugar, starch, gum, gluten. Ex- amination of flour and bread. Colouring matter. 61. Fermented liquids. 62. Ethers. 63. Fibrine, albumen, gelatine. 64. Bone, animal charcoal. 65. Examination of blood. 66. Milk. 67- Bile and biliary calculi. 68. Animal oils and fats. 69. Urinary calculi, &c. 70. 71, 72. Miscellaneous operations. But a three months’ course, in general, includes, at the ut- most, about seventy-two working days, and deducting twelve of these for lessons in analysis and practical exercises, so essen- tially necessary in a course of Practical Chemistry, it is, in- deed, impossible to include the foregoing subjects without ex- tra lessons, which it is often very difficult to arrange from the different engagements of the pupils. I need scarcely mention, that, to go over some of these sub-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21928666_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
