The philosophy of experimental chemistry: in two volumes (Volume 1).

  • Cutbush, James, 1788-1823.
Date:
1813
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    Vlll fore, will appear on inspection. Wk have in the Eng- lish language several valuable and extensive works on chemistry, besides a number of elementary treatises. The works of Thomson and Murray do honour to these philosophers, and to the country which gave them birth. In the French, many valuable systems and journals of chemistry have appeared. In the German also, several treatises have been written, which possess an equal share of merit. In the United States, since the introduction of science, it is by no means surprising that chemistry should have been so zealously cultivated; as it opens an extensive field for contemplation and study, and as its application to the arts and manufactures is impor- tant, it promises to be of the most essential advantage to all classes of the community. The well informed people of America, who happily constitute the majority, have appreciated the value of knowledge; and we hope that the time will soon ar- rive, when chemistry will become a general study throughout the union. Several original works have, accordingly, appeared, and some editions of European treatises have been published with revisions, correc- tions, and additions by our countrymen. The Chemi- cal and Economical Essays of Pennington, the edition of Chaptal enlarged by the late James Woodhouse, M. D. professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania, that of Henry's Chemistry by professor Silliman, of Yale College, with some others, evince, not only the learning and talents of our countrymen, but a growing taste for the encouragement of learning, and the acquisition of chemical knowledge. Besides these, in the Transactions of our societies, and in the Journals, or periodical works, several valuable papers have appeared. The genius of the medical students of the University of Pennsylvania, in particular, has been shown in a number of excellent Inaugural Disserta- tions ; some of which have added to the improvement of chemical science.