First Book of Chemistry: A Course of Simple Experiments for Beginners at Home and in Primary Schools (Classic Reprint)

This book lias been prepared for the guidance of children in the simplest preliminary chemical operations. It aims to stimulate in the beginner, by the natural method of observation and experiment, a desire to know about every-day phenomena to lead him to question for himself, and then to answer his own inquiry, not by appealing to book or teacher, but by reference to the facts presented. The object being to develop thought that will lead to investigation, not to burden the memory, the pupil is told but little except how to proceed. Doubtless, in many cases mistakes will be made, or he will fail to draw any inference; but the habit of looking for a meaning, of tracing the relation between cause and effect, is of value, and the mind thus trained constantly seeks to verify its conclusions. The experiments are extremely simple, and an effort has been made, not only to adapt the work to conditions found in the school, but to make it possible for a child to carry it on at home. To this end, the simplest apparatus is employed, and the range of material is limited to what the kitchen affords, and to a few well-known chemical compounds.
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