Revival: Famous Chemists (1935): The Men and Their Work

ISBN-13: 9781138567092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 388 str.

William A. Sir Tilden

Opis

The present volume is an attempt to skitch, in a style suitable for general reading, the lives of some of the most prominent chemists of the past.

Spis treści

GROUP I: ROBERT BOYLE, THE FATHER OF CHEMISTRY 1. Robert Boyle, 1627-1691 GROUP II: THE PHLOGISTIANS 2. Black, 1728-1799 3. Priestley, 1733-1804 4. Cavendish 1731-1810 5. Scheele, 1742-1786 GROUP III: THE ANTIPHLOGISTIC REVOLUTION 6. Lavoisier, 1743-1794 GROUP IV: ELECTRICITY IN THE SERVICE OF CHEMISTRY 7. Davy, 1778-1829 GROUP V: LAWS OF COMBINATION AND THE ATOMIC THEORY 8. Dalton, 1766-1844 9. Gay-Lussac, 1778-1850 10. Proust, 1755-1826 11. Berzelius, 1779-1848 GROUP VI: ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY 12. Faraday, 1791-1867 GROUP VII: MOLECULE AND ATOM DEFINED 13. Avogadro, 1776-1856 14. Cannizzaro, 1826-1910 GROUP VIII: EARLY ATTEMPTS AT CLASSIFICATION 15. Liebig, 1803-1873 16. Dumas, 1800-1884 GROUP IX: THEORIES OF CHEMICAL ACTION AND CONSTITUTION OF MOLECULES 17. Frankland, 1826-1899 18. Williamson, 1824-1904 GROUP X: CLASSIFICATION AND NATURE OF ELEMENTS 19. Mendeleeff, 1834-1907 20. Crookes, 1832-1919, 21. Ramsay 1852-1916

O autorze

Sir William A. Tilden was Professor Emeritus of Chemistry in the Imperial College of Science and Technology.