Excerpt from An Elementary Experimental Chemistry There are two things that the study of a science should accomplish for the student: first, the development of the powers of observation; second, a knowledge of the relations of the principles and facts that underlie that science. The first may be obtained to a greater or less degree from the study of any science by the experimental method; the latter however may often be only imperfectly acquired even by those who are able to make accurate observations, but who fail to draw the correct or logical conclusions. It is the aim of this book to aid the student in accomplishing both these things. The author has found by experience (as, indeed, what teacher has not?) that all beginners in the study of chemistry are by no means natural adepts at making the necessary observations, but that by a sufficiently prolonged course of experiments their powers in this direction are easily augmented. The difficulty comes, however, in enabling the student, after the observations have been made to form the correct conclusions, and, finally, when both these things have been done throughout the subject, to round it off into a symmetrical whole. 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.