The History of Chemistry


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Origin and progress of chemistry, from its beginnings in alchemy into the early 19th century including history and characters of important contributors to the science. (Summary by Sienna)

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Preface and Introduction 12:04 Read by Sienna
Vol 1, Ch 1: Of Alchymy, Part 1 19:52 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 1, Ch 1: Of Alchymy, Part 2 21:01 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 1, Ch 1: Of Alchymy, Part 3 15:28 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 1, Ch 1: Of Alchymy, Part 4 18:29 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 1, Ch 1: Of Alchymy, Part 5 18:55 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 1, Ch 2: Of the chemical knowledge possessed by the Ancients, Part 1 17:11 Read by April Walters
Vol 1, Ch 2: Of the chemical knowledge possessed by the Ancients, Part 2 18:40 Read by April Walters
Vol 1, Ch 2: Of the chemical knowledge possessed by the Ancients, Part 3 20:27 Read by April Walters
Vol 1, Ch 2: Of the chemical knowledge possessed by the Ancients, Part 4 22:00 Read by Rosie Roberts
Vol 1, Ch 2: Of the chemical knowledge possessed by the Ancients, Part 5 23:50 Read by Rosie Roberts
Vol 1, Ch 2: Of the chemical knowledge possessed by the Ancients, Part 6 14:26 Read by April Walters
Vol 1, Ch 3: Chemistry of the Arabians, Part 1 23:56 Read by Carol
Vol 1, Ch 3: Chemistry of the Arabians, Part 2 33:30 Read by Carol
Vol 1, Ch 3: Chemistry of the Arabians, Part 3 19:19 Read by Carol
Vol 1, Ch 4: Of the progress of Chemistry under Paracelsus and his disciples, Part 1 20:55 Read by Dorothy Godfrey-Smith
Vol 1, Ch 4: Of the progress of Chemistry under Paracelsus and his disciples, Part 2 27:03 Read by Dorothy Godfrey-Smith
Vol 1, Ch 4: Of the progress of Chemistry under Paracelsus and his disciples, Part 3 22:37 Read by Paul E J King
Vol 1, Ch 4: Of the progress of Chemistry under Paracelsus and his disciples, Part 4 26:11 Read by Paul E J King
Vol 1, Ch 5: Of Van Helmont and the Iatro-Chemists, Part 1 24:03 Read by Paul E J King
Vol 1, Ch 5: Of Van Helmont and the Iatro-Chemists, Part 2 24:12 Read by Paul E J King
Vol 1, Ch 5: Of Van Helmont and the Iatro-Chemists, Part 3 23:21 Read by Paul E J King
Vol 1, Ch 5: Of Van Helmont and the Iatro-Chemists, Part 4 19:37 Read by Paul E J King
Vol 1, Ch 6: Of Agricola and metallurgy 13:32 Read by Edward W. LaBonte
Vol 1, Ch 7: Of Glauber, Lemery and some other chemists of the end of the 17th century, Part 1 20:42 Read by Lisa Ellen Quintana
Vol 1, Ch 7: Of Glauber, Lemery and some other chemists of the end of the 17th century, Part 2 21:57 Read by KHand
Vol 1, Ch 8: Of the attempts to establish a theory in chemistry, Part 1 20:12 Read by Grognor
Vol 1, Ch 8: Of the attempts to establish a theory in chemistry, Part 2 20:33 Read by Keren Turton
Vol 1, Ch 8: Of the attempts to establish a theory in chemistry, Part 3 14:40 Read by Keren Turton
Vol 1, Ch 8: Of the attempts to establish a theory in chemistry, Part 4 18:48 Read by Keren Turton
Vol 1, Ch 8: Of the attempts to establish a theory in chemistry, Part 5 19:32 Read by Keren Turton
Vol 1, Ch 8: Of the attempts to establish a theory in chemistry, Part 6 15:58 Read by Keren Turton
Vol 1, Ch 9: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 1 23:30 Read by Jairus Amar
Vol 1, Ch 9: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 2 24:07 Read by Jairus Amar
Vol 1, Ch 9: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 3 24:12 Read by Jairus Amar
Vol 1, Ch 9: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 4 21:04 Read by Jairus Amar
Vol 1, Ch 9: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 5 26:47 Read by Jairus Amar
Vol 2, Ch 1: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 1 25:44 Read by Peter Yearsley
Vol 2, Ch 1: Of the foundation and progress of scientific chemistry in Great Britain, Part 2 18:09 Read by Peter Yearsley
Vol 2, Ch 2: Of the progress of philosophical chemistry in Sweden, Part 1 22:55 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 2: Of the progress of philosophical chemistry in Sweden, Part 2 20:53 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 2: Of the progress of philosophical chemistry in Sweden, Part 3 21:31 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 2: Of the progress of philosophical chemistry in Sweden, Part 4 17:33 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 2: Of the progress of philosophical chemistry in Sweden, Part 5 21:36 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 1 23:07 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 2 25:28 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 3 22:38 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 4 21:34 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 5 22:31 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 6 22:31 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 7 21:58 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 8 22:28 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 9 22:38 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 10 24:53 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 3: Progress of scientific chemistry in France, Part 11 21:29 Read by laurencetrask
Vol 2, Ch 4: Progress of analytical chemistry, Part 1 17:22 Read by AggieMT
Vol 2, Ch 4: Progress of analytical chemistry, Part 2 25:16 Read by AggieMT
Vol 2, Ch 4: Progress of analytical chemistry, Part 3 20:55 Read by AggieMT
Vol 2, Ch 4: Progress of analytical chemistry, Part 4 21:56 Read by AggieMT
Vol 2, Ch 4: Progress of analytical chemistry, Part 5 19:35 Read by AggieMT
Vol 2, Ch 4: Progress of analytical chemistry, Part 6 20:29 Read by AggieMT
Vol 2, Ch 5: Of electro-chemistry, Part 1 18:11 Read by katetastrophe
Vol 2, Ch 5: Of electro-chemistry, Part 2 23:52 Read by katetastrophe
Vol 2, Ch 5: Of electro-chemistry, Part 3 18:23 Read by katetastrophe
Vol 2, Ch 6: Of the atomic theory, Part 1 19:29 Read by Availle
Vol 2, Ch 6: Of the atomic theory, Part 2 31:46 Read by Availle
Vol 2, Ch 6: Of the atomic theory, Part 3 25:24 Read by Availle
Vol 2, Ch 7: Of the present state of chemistry, Part 1 17:44 Read by KHand
Vol 2, Ch 7: Of the present state of chemistry, Part 2 14:55 Read by KHand