Lanterna Rally

Author: Augustus Price West

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-25

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 9781440068805

Excerpt from Experimental Organic Chemistry In several respects this book is somewhat different from similar ones which are in general use at the present time. It is a combination of textbook and laboratory manual in which the theoretical discussions and the laboratory experiments are blended together. This arrangement encourages the student to consult the text while he is doing the experiments in the laboratory, with the result that he is more likely to perceive clearly the relation between the theory and the practice. Only the more important compounds are discussed, and thus the student is not bewildered with a mass of information relating to a large number of compounds of minor importance. Again, experiments which are dangerous or very difficult for a beginner have been purposely omitted. The application of general reactions and the general relations between the different groups of compounds have received special attention; in fact, at frequent intervals review tables are given, showing the relation between the principal members of various groups of compounds. These review tables are very helpful in enabling the student to review at a glance the chemistry of a number of groups of compounds. Special emphasis has been laid upon the exact preparation of organic compounds, as this constitutes the most important feature of a course in organic chemistry. In accordance with this view the directions for performing the experiments have been written in a most precise and accurate manner and will be found unusually free from ambiguous statements; in fact, the student is usually told exactly what to do and how to do it. This method has given excellent results in the University of the Philippines, where it has been necessary to handle laboratory sections of more than one hundred students. It trains a student to follow directions and to rely upon himself rather than an instructor, it enables a teacher to handle large laboratory classes in a satisfactory manner, with the result that accidents and explosions seldom, if ever, occur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.