Conversations on Chemistry

In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments

af Jane Haldimand Marcet

First published anonymously in 1805, this book made complex ideas accessible to a non-technical readership and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. It also provides valuable insights into the gendered world of nineteenth-century education. Volume 1 covers topics including heat, light, gases, metals and carbon.