Chapter VI. The Age of Modern Chemistry

§ 71. The Birth of Modern Chemistry
§ 72. The Phlogiston Theory
§ 73. Boyle and the Definition of an Element
§ 74. The Stoichiometric Laws
§ 75. Dalton's Atomic Theory
§ 76. The Determination of the Atomic Weights of the Elements
§ 77. Prout's Hypothesis .
§ 78. The •' Periodic Law "
§ 79. The Corpuscular Theory of Matter .
§ 80, Proof that the Electrons are not Matter
§ 81. The Electronic Theory of Matter .
§ 82. The Etheric Theory of Matter
§ 83. Further Evidence of the Complexity of the Atoms
§ 84. Views of Wald and Ostwald .