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LIKE almost all French treatises on elementary science, M. Riche's book is clearly and concisely written, and the illustrations are perfect; but although introducing many of the newest discoveries in the science (perhaps somewhat too pointedly alluded to in the preface), M. Riche does not adopt the important new views lying at the basis of modern chemistry. He still adheres to the old equivalent notation, and therefore refuses to admit the cogency of the proofs which have carried conviction to the minds of almost all other chemists. The short historical introductions under Combustion, the Atmosphere, Dissociation, and the Atomic Theory are of interest to the student, especially an extract (p. 704) from a paper by Dumas on the history of chemical affinity since the time of Barckhausen, read before the Academy of Sciences last year.
Chemical Lessons.—Leçons de Chimie.
Deuxième edition. Par M. Alfred Riche. (Paris: Didot Frères, 1869.)
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R., H. Chemical Lessons—Leçons de Chimie . Nature 1, 109 (1869). https://doi.org/10.1038/001109a0
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