Excerpt from A Compend of Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry is that science which investigates the laws governing the movements of the atoms and molecules of which all things, animate and inanimate, are composed; and has been divided into organic and in organic. The first named dealing with the carbon compounds that are or have been impressed with life force. The second confines itself to inani mate existence. All substances may be divided chemically into compound and simple. A compound body can be separated and its constituents shown; a simple one cannot. Elementary or simple bodies are 68 in number, and differ widely in their normal physical condition; thus, some are gases, one is a liquid, but the greater number are solids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.