Excerpt from Hand-Book of Chemistry, Vol. 1: Cohesion, Adhesion, Affinity, Light, Heat, and Electricity The decimal wem Degreesd dwwmg'nmployed have been retained. In.the.trnnslatthn. If it should be thought necessary, in any particdlac; W to ascertain the equivalent values m the English erases, 'thfjteqtfired data will be found m a table near the beginhing' oi the wail: (p. Ix). For the most part, however, such reductions may be entirely dispensed with for scientific chemistry is more concerned with relative than with absolute magnitudes; and therefore, the particular unit or mode of subdivision adopted is unimportant, except in so far as convenience and simplicity are concerned; and in these respects, the decimal system is incomparably superior to every other. In some few ia stances, in which absolute magnitudes are of special importance, the English equivalents are given in addition to the original data in the decimal system. 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.