| Description |
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Variorum collected studies series ; 936 |
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Collected studies ; 936
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| Contents |
1. 'Rude and disgraceful beginnings': a view of the history of chemistry from the nineteenth century -- 2. The electrochemical theory of Sir Humphrey Davy. I. The voltaic pile and electrolysis -- 3. The electrochemical theory of Sir Humphrey Davy. II. Electrical interpretations of chemistry -- 4. The electrochemical theory of Sir Humphrey Davy. III. The evidence of the Royal Institution manuscripts -- 5. The electrochemical theory of Berzelius. I. Origins of the theory -- 6. The electrochemical theory of Berzelius. II. An electrochemical view of matter -- 7. Berzelius and the development of the atomic theory -- 8. Introduction to the reprint edition of 'Essai sur la théorie des proportions chimiques, et sur l'influence chimique de l'électricité' / J.J. Berzelius [in English] -- 9. Chemistry on the edge of Europe: growth and decline in Sweden -- 10. The archives of Sir Edward Edward Frankland: resources, problems and methods (with shirley P. Russell) -- 11. Chemical techniques in a pre-electronic age: the remarkable apparatus of Edward Frankland -- 12. Kekulé and Frankland: a psychological puzzle? -- 13. Early concepts of aromatic substitution -- 14. August Wilhelm Hofmann, cosmopolitan chemist -- 15. The changing role of synthesis in organic chemistry -- 16. The origins of conformational analysis -- 17. Advances in organic chemistry over the last 100 years -- 18. Chemical bonds 1841-1991: 150 years of the British chemical community |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Chemistry, Organic -- History -- 19th century.
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Chemistry, Organic -- History -- 20th century.
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Chemistry, Organic -- Research -- History -- 19th century.
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Chemistry, Organic -- Research -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Russell, Colin Archibald.
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| ISBN |
075466855X (hbk.) |
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9780754668558 (hbk.) |
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