Frontmatter -- PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE -- AUTHOR'S NOTE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF MOST OF THE JOURNALS TO WHICH REFERENCE HAS BEEN MADE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BIRTH OF ALCHEMY -- CHAPTER II THE AGE OF ALCHEMY -- CHAPTER III HISTORY OF THE IATRO-CHEMICAL PERIOD -- CHAPTER IV HISTORY OF THE PERIOD OF THE PHLOGISTON THEORY, FROM BOYLE TO LAVOISIER -- CHAPTER V HISTORY OF THE MOST RECENT PERIOD (FROM THE TIME OF LAVOISIER UP TO NOW) -- CHAPTER VI SPECIAL HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF CHEMISTRY FROM LAVOISIER TO THE PRESENT DAY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS' NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS