TO THE READER [FIRST EDITION]

pp xi-xii

TO THE READER [SECOND EDITION]

pp xiii-xiv

Contents

pp xv-xxv

Dedication

pp xxvi-xxvi

INTRODUCTION

pp 1-9

BOOK I - OF CHEMISTRY

pp 10-23

CHAPTER I - OF THE MUTUAL OPERATION OF PHYSICAL AGENTS AND OF MATTER, AND OF THE LAWS WHICH THEY OBEY

pp 24-26

CHAPTER II - OF THE INERTIA AND ACTIVITY OF MATTER

pp 27-30

CHAPTER III - OF MOLECULAR OR POLARIZING FORCES, ETC

pp 31-104

CHAPTER IV - OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES, AND OF THE LAWS OF THEIR COMBINATION

pp 105-187

BOOK II - OF METEOROLOGY

pp 188-190

CHAPTER I - OF THE GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH; PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF ITS SURFACE INTO LAND AND WATER; AND WITH RESPECT TO ITS ATMOSPHERE

pp 191-205

CHAPTER II - OF HEAT AND LIGHT: THE MODES OF ESTIMATING THEIR DEGREE, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE PROPAGATED. OF THE GENERAL TEMPERATURE OF THE CELESTIAL REGIONS, AND OF THE EARTH INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SUN

pp 205-215

CHAPTER III - OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH AT ITS SURFACE, AS DEPENDENT ON THE SUN

pp 215-230

CHAPTER IV - OF THE PRIMARY CONSTITUENTS OF CLIMATE: OR OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH, AS DEPENDENT ON ITS GLOBULAR FORM; AND ON ITS ANNUAL AND DIURNAL MOTIONS

pp 230-233

CHAPTER V - OF THE SECONDARY OR SUBSIDIARY CONSTITUENTS OF CLIMATE; COMPREHENDING A SKETCH OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES CAPABLE OF INFLUENCING CLIMATE, WHICH ARE MORE IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, AS CONSISTING OF LAND OR WATER; OR WHICH ARE CONNECTED WITH THE ATMOSPHERE

pp 234-365

CHAPTER VI - OF THE ADAPTATION OF ORGANIZED BEINGS TO CLIMATE; COMPREHENDING A GENERAL SKETCH OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS OVER THE EARTH, AND OF THE PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF MAN

pp 365-415

BOOK III - OF THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIZATION

pp 416-416

CHAPTER I - OF THE NATURE AND COMPOSITION OF ORGANIZED BODIES IN GENERAL, AS COMPARED WITH INORGANIC MATTER

pp 417-446

CHAPTER II - OF THE MODES OF NUTRITION; COMPREHENDING A SKETCH OF THE ALIMENTARY APPARATUS; AND OF ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES IN PLANTS AND IN ANIMALS

pp 447-483

CHAPTER III - OF THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS; AND OF THE GENERAL ACTION OF THE STOMACH AND THE DUODENUM

pp 484-518

CHAPTER IV - OF THE PROCESSES OF ASSIMILATION SUBSEQUENT TO THOSE IN THE STOMACH AND ALIMENTARY CANAL; PARTICULARLY OF THE CONVERSION OF THE CHYLE INTO BLOOD. OF RESPIRATION AND ITS USES. OF SECRETION. OF THE FINAL DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIZED BODIES. GENERAL REFLECTIONS AND CONCLUSION

pp 519-558

APPENDIX

pp 559-574