Excerpt from Laboratory Notes in Household Chemistry for the Use of Students in Domestic ScienceThe following pages are written as a guide and intro duction to the study of household science. It is not the object of the authors to put forth a work on the analysis of food and other kindred subjects met with in the practice of domestic science their sole aim is to throw some light upon the composition of food and other materials to the end that those practicing this most use ful of arts may achieve better results by understanding the more important properties of materials with which they deal.Some knowledge of chemistry, both general and organic, is necessary and a clear idea of the essentials of physics is indispensable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.