From Elements to Atoms: A History of Chemical Composition Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 92, Part 4)

by Jean Fernel

Seeking to enlarge an understanding of the nature of chemical science & explain how the concepts being taught in the classroom came to be, Siegfried presents a simple, readable account of how in the 18th cent. chemical composition slowly abandoned the centuries- long tradition of metaphysical elements of earth, air, fire, & water. Through the work of such scientist as Lavoisier, Dalton, & Davy, chemical theory moved from metaphysical elements to operationally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871699249
• ISBN13: 9780871699244
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 278 Pages