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Lecture Experiments in Chemistry

Published in 1947, the aim of this book was to place 'experiments against a background of teaching motives and methods ... [and thus] ...outline a rational way of teaching chemistry'.

This book is a third edition of a work originally published in 1937.

Contents of this book:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Introductory: a study of water
Chapter 2: Acids, bases and salts
Chapter 3: Sulphur and its compounds
Chapter 4: The halogens, phosphorus and silicon
Chapter 5: Quantitative experiments
Chapter 6: Physical principles and common phenomena

Note on the modern use of silica gel

Appendices:
1. Teaching aims and methods
2. Mechanical aids to lecturing
3. Reagents - preparations - tables

Supplement:
Part 1: Additional experiments on topics already treated
Part 2: A suggested scheme for the experimental study of chemical systems

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