Science - History of the Universe Vol. 4: Chemistry
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
22 chapters · 11 h 51 min · English
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Chemistry
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Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fourth volume is on Chemistry written by William Allan Hamor. It discusses the development of chemical knowledge, from the ancients to modern times. It expanded further on the early works of alchemists and into the phlogistic period. The last chapters cover atomic theories and the development of organic and inorganic chemistry. - Summary by Sienna
Chapters
1 Introduction 20 min 2 Chapter 1 - Development of the Chemical Conception 17 min 3 Chapter 2 - Chemical Knowledge of the Ancients 32 min 4 Chapter 3 - The Early Alchemists 38 min 5 Chapter 4 - The Later Alchemists 36 min 6 Chapter 5 - The Iatro-Chemical Period, Part 1 30 min 7 Chapter 5 - The Iatro-Chemical Period, Part 2 25 min 8 Chapter 6 - The Early Phlogistic Period 30 min 9 Chapter 7 - The Phlogistic Period Proper, Part 1 22 min 10 Chapter 7 - The Phlogistic Period Proper, Part 2 30 min 11 Chapter 8 - Special Branches in Phlogistic Period, Part 1 30 min 12 Chapter 8 - Special Branches in Phlogistic Period, Part 2 32 min 13 Chapter 9 - Lavoisier and Anti-Phlogisticism, Part 1 27 min 14 Chapter 9 - Lavoisier and Anti-Phlogisticism, Part 2 30 min 15 Chapter 10 - The Atomic Theory and Davy 1 h 16 Chapter 11 - The Atomic Theory and Berzelius 44 min 17 Chapter 12 - The Development of Organic Chemistry 38 min 18 Chapter 13 - Valence and Stereo-Chemistry 32 min 19 Chapter 14 - Modern Inorganic Chemistry 36 min 20 Chapter 15 - Atomic Weights and Periodic Law, Part 1 39 min 21 Chapter 15 - Atomic Weights and Periodic Law, Part 2 25 min 22 Chapter 16 - The Development of Applied Chemistry 37 min
