Adolph Strecker''s: Short Text-Book of Original Chemistry (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Adolph Strecker''s: Short Text-Book of Original Chemistry<br><br>The enormous development of organic chemistry in recent times has however gradually obliterated this line of distinction between organic and mineral bodies.<br><br>The number of organic bodies built up from their elements or from their simplest mineral combinations is on the increase and the results in the region of artificial synthesis approximate nearer and nearer to the highest stages of chemical complication - the immediate agents Of organic life - the cellular constituents of plants and animals.<br><br>The laws which govern organic synthesis have Shown themselves to be in no way different from those concerned in the changes and combinations of mineral substances.<br><br>The best arbitrary definition of organic chemistry is one depend ing on the fact that all organic bodies contain carbon as the essential constituent for it is to the chemical characteristics of carbon alone that the compounds termed organic compared with mineral com pounds owe their peculiar character.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.