CHAPTER VI. THE AGE OF MODERN CHEMISTRY 94

§ 71. The Birth of Modern Chemistry 94 § 72. The Phlogiston Theory 94 § 73. Boyle and the Definition of an Element 96 § 74. The Stoichiometric Laws 96 § 75. Dalton’s Atomic Theory 99 § 76. The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the Elements 102 § 77. Prout’s Hypothesis 102 § 78. The “Periodic Law” 105 § 79. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter 109 § 80. Proof that the Electrons are not Matter 110 § 81. The Electronic Theory of Matter 112 § 82. The Etheric Theory of Matter 113 § 83. Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms 114 § 84. Views of Wald and Ostwald 115