CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF MODERN CHEMISTRY 94

§ 71. The Birth of Modern Chemistry 94

§ 72. The Phlogiston Theory 94

§ 73. Boyle and the Definition of an Element 96

§ 74. The Stoichiometric Laws 96

§ 75. Dalton’s Atomic Theory 99

§ 76. The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the

Elements 102

§ 77. Prout’s Hypothesis 102

§ 78. The “Periodic Law” 105

§ 79. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter 109

§ 80. Proof that the Electrons are not Matter 110

§ 81. The Electronic Theory of Matter 112

§ 82. The Etheric Theory of Matter 113

§ 83. Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms 114

§ 84. Views of Wald and Ostwald 115

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