A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guy's Hospital / By William Babington and William Allen.

  • Babington, William, 1756-1833.
Date:
1802
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    at their Ieifure,—as a fyftematic arrangement to which they may refer whatever knowledge they fliall hereafter obtain* Although the fyftems of the older Chemifts are now exploded, and many of their principles fhewn to be fallacious, their works are ftill acknowledged to contain many valuable facts and obfervations. But the ancient Nomencla- ture differs fo widely from the modern, that the Student of the prefent day often finds the meaning of thefe authors involved in consider- able obfcurity. To obviate this difficulty as much as poffible for the learner, tables are Sub- joined drawn up after the manner of thofe pro- pofed by M. M. Morveau, Lavoijier, &c. in which the old and new names of chemical fub- flances are fo claffed, as to be brought under the eye, and compared at one view j and as fome pains have been taken to render thefe tables at once copious and correct, it is hoped they^ will on moft occafions be found to anfwer fully their intended purpofe. As it is not difcoverable from this Syllabus, which treats only of the chemical part, it may be