Author: Thomas Southall Dymond

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781330318416

Excerpt from An Experimental Course of Chemistry for Agricultural Students In the present state of scientific education, or, more correctly speaking, education in science, in this country, the instructor is frequently called upon to face the problem of teaching a particular science to students engaged or about to be engaged in some special industry. The problem is confessedly a difficult one to deal with practically, and many diverse views are held respecting its feasibility, or even the desirability of attempting its solution. The diversity of opinion no doubt represents the differences in the mode of treatment to which the various branches of science lend themselves. To the majority of educationists it is evident that instruction in science is, as a mental discipline, of a very high order of importance, quite apart from any technical knowledge in relation to any special industry. More particularly does this apply in the case of those occupied in productive industries of all kinds, whether manufacturing or agricultural, in the widest meaning of the term. Starting with the very reasonable assumption that those who are concerned with agriculture should know, at least, something of the general principles of chemical science, the question presents itself to all who are interested in the welfare of agriculture - How and When is such instruction to be given ? The elementary schools, especially in country districts, are confessedly feeble in their science teaching, even if they attempt it at all. There is a crying need for good secondary and technical schools in rural centres, but little progress has as yet been made in this direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.