CHAPTER XI.. Chemical Forces.

CHEMICAL FORCES.

Nature’s Chemistry--Changes produced by Chemical Combination--Atomic Constitution of Bodies--Laws of Combination--Combining Equivalents--Elective Affinity--Chemical Decomposition--Compound Character of Chemical Phenomena--Catalysis or action of Presence--Transformation of Organic Bodies--Organic Chemistry--Constancy of Combining Proportions--The Law of Volumes, the Law of Substitutions, Isomeric States, &c. 270