CONTENTS
OF
TIIE FIRST VOLUME.
ON SIMPLE BODIES.
CONVERSATION I.
ON TIIE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CIIE-MISTllY.
Co^nectiok between Chemistry and Natural Philosophy. —Improved State of modern Che mistry. —Its Use in the Arts.—The generalObjects of Chemistry.—Definition of Ele-mentary Bodies.—Definition of Decompo-sition.—Integrant and Constituent Particles.-—Distinction betneen Simple and CompoundBodies.—Of Chemical Affinity, or Attractionof Composition.—Examples of Compositionand Decomposition.