Chemistry- History (I.C). THE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, OF THOMAS COOPER, Esq. PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT CARLISLE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE TRUSTEES. WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES. CARLISLE: PRINTED BY ARCHIBALD LOUDON. ....... THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATION To be had at the Book-store of Patrick Byrne, In the case of Dempsie Ass. of Brown v. the Insurance ON THE EFFECT OF A-Sentence of a Court of Vice Admiralty, as between the INSURER AND THE INSURED. With a preface by ALEXANDER JAMES DALLAS, ESQ. In the Press and speedily will be Published THE INSTITUTES OF JUSTINIAN WITH A REVISED TRANSLATION. And with references to parallel Passages in the CIVIL LAW: THE LAW OF ENGLAND: AND AMERICAN REPORTERS. BY THOMAS COOPER ESQ. PRESIDENT JUDGE, &c. CONTENTS OF THE LECTURE. Wine. Oil. Brass and iron. Wine. Oil. Resins. Pitch. Bitu- men. Engraving. Dying. Gilding. Plating. But- Egyptian chemistry: viz. Glass. Dving and Painting. Beer. Vinegar. Medicines. Perfumes. Oil. Linen. ib. 1. Hieroglyphic and alphabetic writing. Boustrophedon, Kionedon. Lord Elgin's collection. 2. Hindoo astronomy and chronology. 3. Effect of chemical and mechanical science in augment- ing the disposable force of a country, instanced in Turnpike roads and Rail roads. 4. Reasons for adopting the Septuagint version. 5. Tubal Cain Vulcan? Scriptural Metallurgy. 6. Wine as noticed in Scripture. 8. Oil and Resins, among the Egyptians and Jews. 21. Antient knowledge of Glass. Nitre or Natron. Arti- ficial Gems and coloured Glasses. Drinking Glasses, Burning Glasses. Window Glass. Lapis Specularis. 29. Ancient method of separating Gold from the Ore. |