| Edition |
2d ed., enl. |
| Description |
xx, 471 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. |
| Series |
Essay index reprint series
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| Note |
Reprint of the 1929 ed. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Introduction.--Perkin and coal-tar dyes.--Mendeléeff and the periodic law.--Ramsay and the gases of the atmosphere.--Richards and atomic weights.--van't Hoff and physical chemistry.--Arrhenius and the theory of electrolytic dissociation.--Moissan and the electric furnace.--Madame Curie and radium.--Victor Meyer and the rise of organic chemistry.--Remsen and the rise of chemistry in America.--Fischer and the chemistry of foods. --Perkin: his work.--Mendeléeff: his work.--Ramsay: his work.--Richards: his work.--van't Hoff: his work.--Arrhenius: his work.--Moissan: his work. --Madame Curie: her work.--Victor Meyer: his work.--Remsen: his work.--Fischer: his work. |
| Subject |
Chemists.
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Chemistry.
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