A new method of chemistry; including the theory and practice of that art: laid down on mechanical principles ... To which is prefix'd a critical history of chemistry and chemists ... / Translated ... by P. Shaw and E. Chambers with additional notes.
- Herman Boerhaave
- Date:
- 1727
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A new method of chemistry; including the theory and practice of that art: laid down on mechanical principles ... To which is prefix'd a critical history of chemistry and chemists ... / Translated ... by P. Shaw and E. Chambers with additional notes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A Table ^CONTENTS, drawn up Analytically. Of the Prolegomena, or Hiftory of Chemiftry. ORigin and Etymology of the name Chemiftry. p. i—5 Antiquity of the art, and whence deduced. 5—7 What part of it was firft invented ; where firft pra&ifed, and by whom. Particular inquiry into the ttra of Al¬ chemy ; and whether it was known among the antients. 9—15 The Progrefs of Chemiftry under the feve- ral authors and improvers thereof, from Zozimusto our time; with their refpe&ive difcovcries, principles, and dogma’s; their writings, and the chara&ers thereof. 13, 0” feq. Zozimus, and other Greeks, 14* Geber, ib. Albertus Magnus, 15. Roger Ba¬ con, 15. Raymund Lully, 18. Arnoldus de Villa nova, 19. Johannes dt Rups Scijfa, 20. G. Ripley, ib. Jo. & If. Hollandus, ib. Bajil Valentine, 21. Pa~ racelfnst 22—30. And Van Helmont; with whom the progrefs ended. 30 . . . I6 The principal chemical authors which have fincc appear’d, reduced to clafles, ac¬ cording to their feveral fubjetts, or the branches they have treated. 3 7 Writers of Courfes or Vvoceffes-Beguinus, Crollius, Glafer, Lemery, Barchaufen, La Mort. 38—39 Metallurgic writers-—•—Agricola, Ercher, Glauber, &c. 40—42 Alchemifts-Van Zuchten, Centivoglio, Agricola, Philalethes, Pantaleo, Artephius, Bee, and Kelley. 42—45 Chemifts who applied the art to phi- lofophy and medicine;—Boyle, Tache- nius, Bohnius, Homberg, &c. 46—50 Of the Theory of Chemiftry. THE nature and idea of chemiftry, 5J» Its jDhjCCf, ISottp, divided into clafles or kingdoms. 52,53. Viz. FOSSILS-Their definition, pro¬ perties, and fub-divifion. 54 Into Metals-The natural hiftory thereof-Their generation, ana the reafon of tneir chara&ers, &C. 55, 56 Particularly Gold-Its feveral dit- tinguifhmg properties-Its truth, purity, &c. how tried, 56—68-Where, and in what form it is found, 69, 70.— How feparated from the ore, purified, Qrr. jo,]!1 Mercury-Its fenfible properties, &c. 71—76-The form it is found in, 76, 77.-Manner of feparating it. 7 7 Bead-Its feveral properties- How found and feparatpd-Its ufe in the purifying the nobler metals, &c. 77—Si A Silver■](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30416796_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
