CHEMISTRY

OF

THE FOUR SEASONS.

66 WHILE THE EARTH REMAINETH, SEED-TIME AND HARVEST, AND

COLD AND HEAT, AND SUMMER AND WINTER, AND DAY AND NIGHT SHALL NOT CEASE."-Genesis chap. viii. verse 22.

OF THE

FOUR SEASONS,

Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter:

AN ESSAY

PRINCIPALLY CONCERNING NATURAL PHENOMENA
ADMITTING OF INTERPRETATION BY CHEMICAL SCIENCE;
ILLUSTRATING PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE; AND EXEMPLIFYING THE
WISDOM AND BENEFICENCE OF GOD.

BY THOMAS GRIFFITHS,

LATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S
HOSPITAL, AND ASSISTANT CHEMICAL LECTURER IN THE LABORATORY OF THE ROYAL
INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN;

AUTHOR OF "CHEMISTRY OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS,"

"CHEMISTRY OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE," "RECREATIONS IN CHEMISTRY," ETC., ETC., ETC.