Excerpt from Annals of Philosophy, or Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics, Natural History, Agriculture, and the Arts, Vol. 13: January to June, 1819 Several very important additions have been made to the science of chemist? During the course of the year 1818. In order to put my rea ers fully in possession of the facts, I shall be under the necessity of taking up some to ics which came under our notice in the historical sketch printe in the Annals of Philosophy for Jul 1818 but I shall take care to avoid all useless repeti. 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.