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Thomas Thomson was born in Crieff in Perthshire, in 1773.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831. Excerpt: ... chap. lii They combine with hydrogen, and form with it a gas capable of being absorbed by water, possessed of acid properties, and composed of a volume of hydrogen united to a volume of the vapours of the respective substances condensed into one volume. The acids of sulphur and selenium resemble each other in their composition; sulphurous and selenious acids containing two atoms of oxygen, while sulphuric and selenic acids contain each three atoms of oxygen. Similar acids of tellurium have not yet been discovered. Phosphorus, arsenic, and antimony, bear a close resemblance to each other. They are isomorphous substances; the proportions of oxygen with which they combine are respectively similar, l1, 2, 2£. They unite to hydrogen, but the gases which they form with it do not possess the properties of acids, nor are they absorbed in a notable proportion by water. They consist of a volume and a half of hydrogen gas united to a volume of the vapour of phosphorus or arsenic, and condensed into one volume. Antimonietted hydrogen gas has not yet been discovered. Chromium and uranium approach each other in their colouring properties; but they deviate in other respects from each other. Chromic acid contains 2 atoms oxygen, while uranic acid contains or 2 atoms; most probably the latter. Molybdenum and tungsten, columbium and titanium, form tw o other groups not so closely connected. But the investigation of these four bodies is still too incomplete to enable us to draw analogies. CHAP. III. OF SIMPLE ALKALIFIABLE BASES. The simple alkalifiable bases at present known are the fol-lowing: List of bam. 1. Potassium, 2. Sodium, 3. Lithium, 4. Barium, 5. Strontium, 6. Calcium, 8. Aluminum, 9. Glucinum, 10. Yttrium, 11. Cerium, 12. Zirconium, 13. Thorium, 7. Magnesi...
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Excerpt from An Attempt to Establish the First Principles of Chemistry by Experiment, Vol. 2 of 2 The seven metallic bodies, which I propose to treat of in this chapter, form compounds with oxygen, which possess rather the properties of acids than of bases. The peroxides of three of them, viz. Chromium, molybdenum, and tung sten, are well marked acids, for they form neutral salts with the bases, which are (several of them) capable of crystallizing. The peroxides of the other four are not so decidedly acid; but they exhibit a much greater tendency to unite with bases than with acids, and the oxides of tanta lum and titanium are found native always united. 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.
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The Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century. In 1811, Thomas Thomson (1773-1852), a pioneering chemistry teacher who was elected a fellow of the society in the same year, undertook the project of writing a history of the organisation's illustrious past. In this book, published in 1812, Thomson explains how the group began in 1645, initiated by men who met once a week to discuss natural philosophy and mathematics. They were eventually granted a royal charter by Charles II in 1662. The society grew in number and prestige, and began publishing research in its Philosophical Transactions in 1665. Thomson's work focuses particularly on the development of the group's many scientific areas of interest and summarises various papers it published. He also includes a full list of the fellowship, from the society's foundation to 1812, and a copy of the society's original charter.
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Thomas Thomson (1773--1852), chemist, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1811. His History of the Royal Society traces the development of science from the seventeenth century through to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Based on examination of the Society’s Philosophical Transactions from 1665 to 1800, it vividly illustrates the progress made in each of the four main sciences -- Natural History, Mathematics, Mechanical Philosophy and Chemistry -- during this stimulating period. Divided into five Books, plus a section of Miscellaneous Articles, the work analyses each science in turn, providing the scholar with a summary of the advancement of science over 135 years and the contribution of the Royal Society in this development. Thomson acknowledges this contribution in his Historical Introduction: ‘The Royal Society was established for the express purpose of advancing experimental philosophy, and is beyond dispute the most magnificent and liberal establishment of the kind which has ever been formed.’ Containing an in-depth examination of the contributions made to science by the Royal Society fellows (including Boyle, Descartes, Galileo, Halley, Herschel and Priestley), the History also features an Appendix giving additional information about the Royal Society and a list of the fellows from 1663 up until 1812. The concise index is also useful, allowing readers to easily locate different subjects and scientists. Reprinted here in two volumes from the first edition of 1812, this companion to Weld’s History of the Royal Society (published by Thoemmes Press in 2000) is an essential reference tool for historians of science. --essential historiography of the Royal Society --examination of the role of the Society in the development of science --companion work to Weld’s History of the Royal Society
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Thomas Thomson was born in Crieff in Perthshire, in 1773.
He was educated at the High School of Dundee before moving to the University of Saint Andrews to study in classics, mathematics, and natural philosophy.
He was the inventor of the saccharometer. Furthermore, he gave silicon its current name. He served as president of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow.
He went on to graduate in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1799.
However, he was inspired by Joseph Black to take up the study of chemistry. In 1802, Thomson used these articles as the basis of his book System of Chemistry.
His book Elements of Chemistry, published in 1810, displayed how volumes of different gasses react in a way in a way that supported the atomic theory. He also wrote the article "Chemistry" for the 7th edition of Britannica, published in 1842.
Thomson dabbled in publishing, acted as a consultant to the Scottish excise board, invented the instrument known as Allan"s saccharometer, and opposed the geological theories of James Hutton, founding the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh as a platform in 1808.
In 1813 he founded Annals of Philosophy a leader in its field of commercial scientific periodicals. In 1817 he gave silicon its present name, rejecting the suggested "silicium" because he felt the element had no metallic characteristics, and that it chemically bore a close resemblance to boron and carbon. In 1817, Thomson became Lecturer in and subsequently Regius Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow, retiring in 1841.
In 1820 he identified a new zeolite mineral, named thomsonite in his honour.
Thomson died at Kilmun in 1852 and was buried at the Glasgow Necropolis.
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Royal Society; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
In March 1811 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1815 was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.