Book Description

The first faraday lecture, jubilee. Consideration of some points in the teaching of chemistry. The lifework of liebig in experimental and philosophic chemistry; with alusions to his influence on the development of the collateral sciences, and of the useful arts. On the constitution of matter in the gaseous state. Modern developments of faraday's theory of electricity. Periodicals of the chemical elements. Presentation of the faraday medal to the Rt. Hon. John William Strutt (third baron rayleigh). Elements and compounds. Synthetical chemistry in relation to biology. The fundamental properties of the elements. Theory of electrolytic dissociation. Atomism in modern physics. Problems and methods in enzyme research.