About this book
Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and is known for his discovery of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient. These letters “were written for the especial purpose of exciting the attention of governments, and an enlightened public, to the necessity of establishing Schools of Chemistry, and of promoting by every means, the study of a science so intimately connected with the arts, pursuits, and social well-being of modern civilised nations.” (Summary by Wikipedia and J.M. Smallheer)
Chapters (16)
1Letter I - The Subject Proposed
2Letter II - Changes of Form which every kind of Matter undergoes.
3Letter III - The Manufacture of Soda from Culinary Salt...
4Letter IV - Connection of Theory with Practice
5Letter V - ISOMERISM
6Letter VI - ALLIANCE OF CHEMISTRY WITH PHYSIOLOGY
7Letter VII - ANIMAL HEAT, its laws and influence on the Animal Functions
8Letter VIII - ALIMENTS
9Letter IX - Growth of Animals
10Letter X - Application of the preceding facts to Man
11Letter XI - CIRCULATION OF MATTER IN THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOMS
12Letter XII - SCIENCE AND ART OF AGRICULTURE. NECESSITY OF CHEMISTRY.
13Letter XIII - ILLUSTRATION OF THE NECESSITY OF CHEMISTRY TO ADVANCE AND PERFECT AGRICULTURE
14Letter XIV - NATURE AND EFFECTS OF MANURES
15Letter XV - SOURCE OF THE CARBON AND NITROGEN OF PLANTS
16Letter XVI - RESULTS OF THE AUTHOR'S LATEST INQUIRIES
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