Excerpt from Exercises in Chemistry, Systematically Arranged to Accompany: Second Revised Edition of an Elementary Study of Chemistry Be economical. Reagents are expensive, and someone must pay the bills. Experiments nearly always go better with small quantities than with large ones, and are more quickly carried out. 'every good chemist works with the smallest quantities possible - partly to save money, but 'more largely to save time and learn more. Stick to the quantities specified in the notes. Actually weigh or measure these quantities until you can guess very closely how much a gram or a cubic centimeter really is. 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.