Three essays in artificial philosophy, or universal chemistry: viz. I. An essay for the farther application and advancement of chemistry in England. II. An essay for the improvement of distillation ... III. An essay for concentrating wines, and other fermented liquors / [Peter Shaw].

  • Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763
Date:
1731
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Credit: Three essays in artificial philosophy, or universal chemistry: viz. I. An essay for the farther application and advancement of chemistry in England. II. An essay for the improvement of distillation ... III. An essay for concentrating wines, and other fermented liquors / [Peter Shaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    real bufmefs of Chemiftry muft view and confT der it in a ftate of Action and manual Operation or, as it pradtically contributes to enlarge the Un- derftanding, fupply the Necefiities, and afford the Conveniences of Life: which is the Light wherein the Lord Verulamy and Mr. Boyle have jtiftly placed and confidered it. To give a fair and full Reprefen tation of Che- mftry, in fo extenfive a view, muft be the Work of Ages: and before any ftep can be taken in it to fatisfadtion, the Subject requires a Divifion in¬ to feveral Branches; each whereof being gone over a-part, may give fome general Notion of the whole. And general The moft ufeful Divifion feems aptly to fall YhTlT Llnc^er the comprehenfive Heads, or Titles, of Phi¬ lofophical , Technical, Commercial, and (Economical Chemiftry. SEC T. I Of Philofophical Chemistry. Philofophi¬ cal Chemi¬ ftry explain- t• T]|Hilofophical Chemiftry is that particular \ft part, which, contented with things enter¬ taining, fatisfadtory, and inftrudtive to the Mind, does not diredtly and follicitoufty en¬ deavour after fuch as are immediately ufeful, or advantageous. 2. In this view, Philofophical Chemiftry will confift of three Parts, viz. Invention, Rationale, and Ex¬ periment. Whence it might be defin’d, the par¬ ticular Exercife of the inventive and rational Fa¬ culties of the Mind upon Chemical Subjects, Ope¬ rations, and Effedts, leading up to Experiments and back again ; fo as to draw Concluftons, ac¬ count