William Prout

Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion Considered with Reference to Natural Theology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1834 treatise by the physician and biochemist William Prout supports the idea of a divine designer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 846g
• ISBN-13: 9781108000666
• ISBN-10: 1108000665
• Artikelnr.: 26832330

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Of Chemistry: 1. Of the mutual operation of physical agents and of matter
2. Of the inertia and activity of matter
3. Of molecular or polarising forces
4. Of chemical elementary principles
Part II. Of Meteorology: 1. Of the general structure of the earth
2. Of heat and light
3. Of the temperature of the earth
4. Of the primary constituents of climate
5. Of the secondary or subsidiary constituents of climate
6. Of the adaptation of organised beings to climate
Part III. Of the Chemistry of Organisation: 1. Of the nature and composition of organised bodies in general
2. Of the modes of nutrition
Of the digestive process
4. Of the processes of assimilation
Appendix.