Heroes of Science
by M. M. Pattison Muir
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About this eBook
- Author
- Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison), 1848-1931
- Title
- Heroes of Science: Chemists
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Albert László, P. G. Máté, Josephine Paolucci,
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QD: Science: Chemistry
- Subject
- Chemists
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38246
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38246
- Release Date
- December 7, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HEROES OF SCIENCE.
- 2.M. M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A., F.R.S.E., — FELLOW, AND PRÆLECTOR IN CHEMISTRY, OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII.
- 5.HEROES OF SCIENCE.
- 6.INTRODUCTORY.
- 7.CHAPTER I. — ALCHEMY: AND THE DAWN OF CHEMISTRY. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER II. — ESTABLISHMENT OF CHEMISTRY AS A SCIENCE —PERIOD OF BLACK, PRIESTLEY AND LAVOISIER. — Joseph Black , 1728-1799. Joseph, Priestley , 1733-1804. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier , 1743-1794. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER III. — ESTABLISHMENT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE—PERIOD OF DALTON. — John Dalton , 1766-1844. — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER IV. — ESTABLISHMENT OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICAL SCIENCE ( continued )—PERIOD OF DAVY AND BERZELIUS. — Humphry Davy , 1778-1829. Johann Jacob Berzelius , 1779-1848. — FOOTNOTES:
- 11.CHAPTER V. — THE WORK OF GRAHAM. — Thomas Graham , 1805-1869. — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.CHAPTER VI. — RISE AND PROGRESS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY—PERIOD OF LIEBIG AND DUMAS. — Justus Liebig, 1803-1873. Jean Baptiste André Dumas, born in 1800. — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.CHAPTER VII. — MODERN CHEMISTRY.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII. — SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.
- 15.INDEX. — PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.
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