To be had at the Bookstore of Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia. THE OPINION delivered by Judge Cooper in the Court of Errors The Introductory Lecture of Thomas Cooper, Esq. Professor of General classification of scientific knowledge. Reasons for attempting a sketch of the history of chemistry. Plan of the Lecture. Chemistry noticed or alluded to in the Scripture. Brass and Iron. Wine. Oil. Resins. Pitch. Bitumen. Engraving. Dyeing. Grecian Chemistry. Roman Chemistry. Hindoo Chemistry. Chinese Chemistry. Chemistry of what are called the dark ages. State of Chemistry in the time of Boyle, Mayow, Hooke, and Hales. 1. Hieroglyphic and alphabetic writing. Boustrophedon, Kionedon. Lord 2. Hindoo astronomy and chronology. 3. Effect of chemical and mechanical science in augmenting the disposable 4. Reasons for adopting the Septuagint version. 7. Embalming. Mummies. 8. Oil and Resins, among the Egyptians and Jews. 9. Pitch, Tar and Bitumen noticed in the Old Testament. 11. Gems. Engraving among the Jews. 21. Ancient Knowledge of Glass. Nitre or Natron. Artificial Gems and co- 22. Egyptians and Hindoos compared. 23. Beer. 24. Oil. 25. Pitch and Tar. 26. Egyptian Linen manufactory. Transparent drapery. 27. Common Salt. 28. Natron. Sal Ammoniac. Alum. 29. Ancient Method of separating Gold from the Ore. 31. Papyrus. Books of the ancients. 32. Aristotle. 33. The shield of Achilles. 34. Nepenthe. Kaif. 35. Sugar. Saccharin. 36. Greek engraving. 37. Filtration. Calcination. Distillation. 38. Greek Fire. 39. Dyeing in Homer's time. 40. The Tea urn borrowed from the Romans. 41. Substances used in medicine. Pottery. Portland Vase. Mosaic Work. 43. The Chinese of Hindoo origin. 44. The Egyptians, blacks. 45. Gunpowder known to the ancients? to the Hindoos and Chinese. 47. State of the Iron Founderies in Great Britain in 1806. 48. French acknowledgment of Dr. Priestley's discovery of Oxygen. Hauy's arrangement of Minerals. Suggestions of the author. |