Mrs. B. explains the elements of chemistry to her pupils Emily and Caroline in lively dialogues, with experiments they can follow at the table: heat and light, oxygen and combustion, acids and salts, gypsum, alum and ink, phosphorus obtained from bones. This fifth edition of 1817 adds the latest gas-lights and the miner’s safety lamp.
Michael Faraday, a bookbinder’s apprentice, read it and turned to science; a landmark of popular teaching by a woman. Download the free EPUB.