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Elements Of Chemistry; Including The Most Recent Discoveries And Applications Of The Science To Medicine And Pharmacy And To The Arts

Elements Of Chemistry; Including The Most Recent Discoveries And Applications Of The Science To Medicine And Pharmacy And To The Arts

Kane, Robert

Paperback

Medical ReferenceTechnology & EngineeringChemistry

ISBN10: 9354540619
ISBN13: 9789354540615
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 712
Weight: 3.57
Height: 1.42 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before chemistry became a modern industry, it was a bold, hands-on science taught at the bench. Chemistry, made urgently practical, here. You can feel the shift from wonder to measurement. In Elements Of Chemistry, Robert Kane distils the working knowledge of the Victorian era chemistry classroom into a clear guide to chemical elements and compounds, linking theory to the needs of everyday life: the workshop, clinic, and dispensary alike. Written by a leading figure in 19th century Ireland, this classic chemistry textbook bridges the history of chemistry with the beginnings of professional training. It reads as a complete chemistry course: principles set out with a teacher's firmness, then carried into chemistry in medicine, pharmacy chemistry coursework, and the arts. Kane writes with the brisk confidence of a working chemist, attentive to nomenclature and laboratory reasoning, yet always returning to use. For chemistry for medical students, it offers the language and concepts that shaped early clinical science; for pharmacists and historians, it serves as a chemistry reference handbook of the period's assumptions, methods, and applications. Its pages also open onto industrial and artistic chemistry, where metals, gases, pigments, and medicines belong to the same expanding conversation. Casual readers will enjoy the clarity; collectors of historical science textbooks will relish the authentic voice of an earlier laboratory age. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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