
7 DIGEST OF THE SYSTEM OF CIVIL GOVMAP OF TH STATE OP MICHIGAN 44-45. Patrons Di rectory, Reference B~usiness Dtrectory'and DepartmentsĪNALYSIS OFTHE SYSTEM OF U.S.

MAP- O-F TH-E- STATE lU AJ4W ED0 S-TA-T-ES- ~A.-D -WbOtQLD xi xii PREFACE We argue however that the first experiments were performed by arti sans and the first theories proposed by philosophers-and that a rev olution can be understood only in terms of what is being revolted against.'VILLAGES, CITIES AND TOWNSHIPS O F T HE co UN TY. But systematic experimental methods were not routinely employed until the 1600s-and quantitative theories did not evolve until the 1700s-and it can be argued that modem chernistry as a science did not begin until the Chemical Revolution in the 1700s. There have always been two tributaries to the chemical stream: experiment and theory. 15-20) covers World War I to 1950 and presents the Quantum Revolution and its consequences and hints at revolutions to come. 8-14) covers the late 1700s to World War land presents the Chemical Revolution and its consequences Part 3 (Chaps. 1-7) covers 100,000 BeE (Before Common Era) to the late 1700s and presents the background of the Chemical Revolution Part 2 (Chaps.


Because the scope of this history is considerable (some 100,000 years), it is necessary to impose some order, and we have organized the text around three dis cemible-albeit gross-divisions of time: Part 1 (Chaps. Progress has been made in fits and starts, and it has come from all parts of the globe. He history of chemistry is a story of human endeavor-and as er T ratic as human nature itself.
