Excerpt from New Conversations on Chemistry: Adapted to the Present State of That Science, Wherein Its Elements Are Clearly and Familiarly Explained, With One Hundred and Eighteen Engravings Illustrative of the Subject, Appropriate Questions, A List of Experiments, and a Glossary, On the FoundationsThe conversations ON chemistry, written by Mrs Marcet, have acquired and sustained a deservedly high reputation, and have un doubtedly, contributed more than any other work to promote the stud of chemistry as a popular branch of education. The writer Of the fo lowing pages is not so san e as to hope that his labours will obtain for him So rich a reward, a though, in executing the task which he has undertaken, his principal motive has been to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge in a branch of science to which he has paid much atten tion, and of which he has for many years been a zealous, and, he believes, a successful teacher.Some time since, he edited a revised edition of the conversations ON natural philosophy, by the same author, and was engaged to per form a similar task with those on chemistry. After passing over a few pages with this design, he found that it would be more difficult to adapt the work to the present state of the science than to remodel it alto~ gether. Upon a careful comparison of the two works, it will be found, therefore, that although a few pages Of the original have been retained, with but slight alterations, the conversations are, in general, entirely new.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.