Introduction to the study of organic chemistry : the chemistry of carbon and its compounds / by Henry E. Armstrong.

  • Henry Edward Armstrong
Date:
1890
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Credit: Introduction to the study of organic chemistry : the chemistry of carbon and its compounds / by Henry E. Armstrong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. The extraordinary progress of Organic Chemistry during the last few years and the experience gained since the publication of the first edition of this book would lead me to recast much of it, if not to remodel the entire work ; but for various reasons, and espe- cially on account of the difficulty of dealing with stereotype plates, I am unable to do this at present. I have, however, endeavoured to correct errors which I had made, or which recent investigations have dis- closed ; and besides doing this I have re-written a few sections, such as those on the terpenes, on the carbohydrates, and on the action of sodium on ethylic acetate, in order that they may more nearly represent the present state of knowledge. I have also entered at some length into a description of Kekule’s benzene theory, which appears now to be established on an irrefragable experimental basis. I trust that these alterations and additions will have so increased the value of the work that it may ere long be my privi- lege to endeavour to improve it further.