Instruction in chemical analysis : (Qualitative) / With a preface by Prof. Liebig. Edited by J.L. Bullock.

  • Fresenius, C. Remigius, 1818-1897
Date:
1846
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Credit: Instruction in chemical analysis : (Qualitative) / With a preface by Prof. Liebig. Edited by J.L. Bullock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This work of Dr. Fresenius has already gone through two editions in Germany. The abundant opportunities enjoyed by its author of discovering the wants felt by students in entering upon the practice of chemical analysis, and his position in the school at Giessen, has enabled him to devise a method of study of the highest value. That it has received the approbation of the illus- trious head of that school, and the benefit of three years practical experience under his immediate observation, must powerfully re- commend it to the English student of chemistry. Whoever is desirous of obtaining the knowledge necessary to become a prac- tical chemist, will be in no small degree indebted to Dr. Fresenius for the facilities thus afforded him. Every one who knows any- thing of Giessen, will bear testimony to the rigid economy of time, and the resolute adoption of every improvement in method which characterise that school, and serve to accomplish the many chemists annually flocking there for the completion of their studies. The author, in his preface to the first edition, tells us that he was led to compose this volume upon perceiving that the larger works on chemical analysis, such as H. Kose’s, Duflos’, and others, although admirable in themselves, present great difficulties to beginners, which difficulties may be summed