2016 OG SC 70

The nineteenth-century chemist Humphry Davy presented the results of his early experiments in his “Essay on Heat and Light,” a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a new chemistry that Davy hoped to found.

　　A. a critique of all chemistry since Robert Boyle as well as a vision of a

　　B. a critique of all chemistry following Robert Boyle and also his envisioning of a

　　C. a critique of all chemistry after Robert Boyle and envisioning as well

　　D. critiquing all chemistry from Robert Boyle forward and also a vision of

　　E. critiquing all the chemistry done since Robert Boyle as well as his own envisioning of

在下菜鸟，哪位可以解释一下这句话是什么意思？每个词都认识但还是不能理解句意！另外， 为什么并列两部分可以用as well as, 不是只有并列三部分时才可以用吗？求解答！ 先谢过了！