DUMAS, Leçons sur la Philosophie Chimique, 1878

Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800-1884), professor at the Collège de France, was a leading French chemist and politician, known for his contributions to organic chemistry and the design of the metric system.
His Leçons sur la Philosophie Chimique (Lessons on Chemical Philosophy), collected by M. Bineau, is a series of lectures that explore the fundamental concepts and general principles underlying chemistry of his time.