Sunday, September 22, 2013

The origin of word " chemistry "

                                     The origin of word " chemistry "

The word " chemistry " derives from the base word " chemia". It is of Egyptian origin. The story behind this word goes like this -----
In Egypt, river Nile flows. It is the main water source of Egypt. In rainy season, river Nile overflows. In the process, it brings black sand along with it.
As Egyptian civilization is very ancient, they had known of making glass from this black sand.. In Egypt , chemia is the science of matter at the atomic to molecular level, dealing with atoms, crystals etc.