Mixture and Chemical Combination: And Related Essays (Hardcover, 2002)

Introduction. Mixture and Chemical Combination (1902). Preface. Part One: The Origins of the Chemical Revolution. 1. Mixts According to the Atomists and According to the Peripatetics. 2. The Notion of a Mixt in the Seventeenth Century. 3. The Notion of a Mixt in the Eighteenth Century up to the Chemical Revolution: the Newtonian School. 3. The Notion of a Mixt in the Eighteenth Century up to the Chemical Revolution: the Empiricist School. Part Two: From the Chemical Revolution to Our Time. 1. Simple Substances. 2. The Law of Definite Proportions. 3. Crude Chemical Formulas and Equivalent Masses. 4. Chemical Substitution. 5. Chemical Types. 6. Condensed Types, Valency and Developed Formulas. 7. Isomers and Stereochemistry. 8. The Atomic Theory: Critique of this Theory. 9. Chemical Mechanics: First Attempts. 10. Chemical Mechanics Based on Thermodynamics. Conclusion. Essays. Index.