A. Sutcliffe: Elementary Chemistry

A textbook for beginners in chemistry, written in a simple and practible nature. Divided into two main sections: Aliphatic compo unds and Aromatic compounds. Illustrated with diagrams & b/w photos.

Chapters:

1. The air.
2. Water.
3. Physical and chemical changes.
4. Elements, compounds, and mixtures.
5. Acids, oxides, bases, and salts.
6. Chalk, limestone, and lime.
7. Carbonates and bicarbonates.
8. The fundamental laws of chemistry.
9. Atoms and molecules.
10. A study of gases.
11. Molecular weights, atomic weights, equivalents.
12. Valency, formule, and equations.
13. Chemical nomenclature.
14. Salt, hydrochloric acid, and chlorine. The halogens.
15. Nitrogen and its compounds.
16. Sulphur and its compounds.
17. Carbon and its compounds.
18. Combustion, flame, and the phlogiston theory.
19. Silicon and its compounds.
20. Phosphorus and its compounds.
21. Metallic salts.

Revision and extension.

22. Revision of Non-Metals.
23. Revision of the metals and their compounds.
24. Revision of chemical terms.
25. Chemical calculations.
Questions.
Appendix: The atom.
Answers.
Lables of logarithms.
Index.