Excerpt from Chemistry and Its Borderland This demand is easy to supply in certain branches Of science for some lines Of scientific thought lend themselves more readily than others to exposition in non-technical language. It is comparatively easy for a biologist or a physicist to give an account of the root principles Of his subject such as can readily be understood by the general reader, though the latter may, remain ignorant Of the minutiae Of the evidence upon which the principles are founded. Chemistry, on the other hand, does not lend itself so well to popular treatment; for this science has evolved a symbolical method Of expression Of its own which, while to the expert it is more lucid than words, is a stumbling-block to the ordinary man who has not been trained to grasp it. Deprived Of its aid, the chemist feels hampered in exposition; and, as a consequence, chemical works designed for the general public are apt to err either in being too elementary in treatment or in taking too much knowledge for granted on the part Of the reader. 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.