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Title: Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2
In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly
Explained and Illustrated by Experiments

Author: Jane Marcet

Release Date: October 13, 2008 [EBook #26908]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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The full caption of each Plate is given after its first mention in the
text--generally a few pages before the Plate's physical appearance, as
specified in the caption.

Many terms used in this book are different from today's standard
terminology. Note in particular:

oxy-muriatic acid = the element chlorine
phosphat of lime = calcium diphosphate _or_ the element calcium
glucium = the element beryllium

muriatic acid = hydrochloric acid
muriat of lime = calcium chloride
oxymuriate of potash = potassium chlorate
carbonic acid = carbon dioxide

Further details and more examples are at the end of the e-text.

Each Volume had its own table of contents. They have been merged for
this e-text, but the Vol. II title page was retained. Some Conversations
were renumbered between the 4th and 5th e