Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2
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By Mrs. Marcet 19 Oct, 2018
Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet -In venturing to offer to the public, and more particularly to the female sex, an Introdu ... Read more
Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet -In venturing to offer to the public, and more particularly to the female sex, an Introduction to Chemistry, the author, herself a woman, conceives that some explanation may be required; and she feels it the more necessary to apologise for the present undertaking, as her knowledge of the subject is but recent, and as she can have no real claims to the title of chemist. - On attending for the first time experimental lectures, the author found it almost impossible to derive any clear or satisfactory information from the rapid demonstrations which are usually, and perhaps necessarily, crowded into popular courses of this kind. Less
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Jane Marcet was an innovative writer of popular introductory science books. She also broke new ground with Conversations on Political Economy, which explained the ideas of Adam Smith, Malthus and Davi...
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