A system of chemistry : comprehending the history, theory, and practice of the science, according to the latest discoveries and improvements ; illustrated with copper plates.

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MDCCXCI [1791]
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    ed ; tnd in Germany MaTgraif, Pott, and others, have made a confidtrahlc figure in thofe focictics. Kunc- ur, Stahl, and Hoffman, &c. have done great fervice to focicty, by introducing new arts, and the nu- merous improvements they have made. Of the ira- The chemifts who have made a figure in Germany prove- and France arc more in number than thofe whom Bri- mrntMnade ta;n jins nfodoced. In France, the fociety was en- ercnt courasred by the (ovcreign ; and in it they have diveft- cd themfelvcs of that myitenous air which was aitecx- ed in former ages. In Germany, the richnefs of the tountry, and the great variety of mines, by turning the attention of chemifts to the metals, have given that alchymiftical air to their writings which we obferve in thciru The number of thofe who have applied them- Theory. chcmiUry. fclves to chemiftry is very fmall in England, owing to the great improvements made by Sir li'aac Newton in the iciences of ailronomy and optics ; which, by turn- ing the general attention that way, hasoccalioned w hat may be called a neglect of chemiltry. But if their number be inconfiderable, they arc by no means infe- rior in merit and fame. The name of Boyle has always been held in the higheft eftecm, as well as that of Hales, for the analyfis he has made of the air. Sir Ifaac Newton alone has done more to the eftablifliing a ra- tional chemical theory than ever was done before. Of late, the tafte for the ftudy has became more general, and many ufeful books have appeared ; fo that it is to be hoped they will foon excel in this branch of fcience, as they have done in all the reft.