[...]... Influence of Climate Fuel of Animal Heat Agency of Oxygen in Disease Respiration LETTER VIII ALIMENTS Constituents of the Blood Fibrine, Albumen Inorganic Substances Isomerism of Fibrine, Albumen, and elements of nutrition Relation of animal and vegetable organisms LETTER IX Growth of Animals Uses of Butter and Milk Metamorphoses of Tissues Food of Carnivora, and of the Horse LETTER X Application of the... the formation of aliments, of blood, and therefore of nutrition NECESSITY OF INQUIRIES by ANALYSIS to advance AGRICULTURE LETTER XVI RESULTS OF THE AUTHOR'S LATEST INQUIRIES Superlative importance of the PHOSPHATES OF LIME and ALKALIES to the cultivation of the CEREALIA Sources of a SUPPLY of these MATERIALS LETTERS ON CHEMISTRY LETTER I My dear Sir, The influence which the science of chemistry exercises... Man Division of human Food Uses of Gelatine LETTER XI CIRCULATION OF MATTER IN THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOMS The Ocean AGRICULTURE RESTITUTION OF AN EQUILIBRIUM IN THE SOIL Causes of the exhaustion of Land Virginia England Relief gained by importation of bones Empirical farming unsatisfactory Necessity for scientific principles Influence of the atmosphere Of Saline and Earthy matters of the soil... Again, in investigating the composition of solid bodies, of minerals,—we are under the necessity of bringing them into a liquid state, either by solution or fusion Now vessels of glass, of porcelain, and of all non-metallic substances, are destroyed by the means we employ for that purpose, —are acted upon by many acids, by alkalies and the alkaline carbonates Crucibles of gold and silver would melt at high... "Elements" of the Ancients, represent the forms of matter Lavoisier and his successors Study of the materials composing the Earth Synthetic production of Minerals—LAPIS LAZULI Organic Chemistry LETTER II Changes of Form which every kind of Matter undergoes Conversion of Gases into Liquids and Solids Carbonic Acid —its curious properties in a solid state Condensation of Gases by porous bodies By Spongy... the elements of the soil and of food Various value of excrements of different animals as manure LETTER XV SOURCE OF THE CARBON AND NITROGEN OF PLANTS Produce of Carbon in Forests and Meadows supplied only with mineral aliments prove it to be from the atmosphere Relations between Mineral constituents, and Carbon and Nitrogen Effects of the Carbonic Acid and Ammonia of Manures Necessity of inorganic... Earthy matters of the soil LETTER XII SCIENCE AND ART OF AGRICULTURE NECESSITY OF CHEMISTRY Rationale of agricultural processes Washing for gold LETTER XIII ILLUSTRATION OF THE NECESSITY OF CHEMISTRY TO ADVANCE AND PERFECT AGRICULTURE Manner in which FALLOW ameliorates the soil Uses of Lime Effects of Burning Of Marl LETTER XIV NATURE AND EFFECTS OF MANURES Animal bodies subject to constant waste Parts... analysis; but he sought by synthesis, i.e by combining the separate elements and forming substances similar to those constructed by nature, to prove the accuracy of his processes and the correctness of his conclusions Thus he formed, for instance, pumice-stone, feldspar, mica, iron pyrites, &c artificially But of all the achievements of inorganic chemistry, the artificial formation of lapis lazuli was... medicine, and other sciences, is now so interesting a topic of conversation everywhere, that it may be no unacceptable present to you if I trace in a few familiar letters some of the relations it bears to these various sciences, and exhibit for you its actual effect upon the present social condition of mankind In speaking of the present state of chemistry, its rise and progress, I shall need no apology... fireproof vault of the metallurgist, nor the manufactory of the druggist, fitted up with stills and retorts On the contrary, a light, warm, comfortable room, where beautifully constructed lamps supply the place of furnaces, and the pure and odourless flame of gas, or of spirits of wine, supersedes coal and other fuel, and gives us all the fire we need; where health is not invaded, nor the free exercise of . 2002 Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FAMILIAR LETTERS OF CHEMISTRY *** Produced by Steve Solomon. HTML version by Al Haines. FAMILIAR LETTERS ON CHEMISTRY, AND ITS RELATION.