The Development of Chemistry, 1789-1914: Selected essaysDavid M. Knight |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The decomposition of the fixed alkalies | 17 |
Combinations of oxymuriatic gas and oxygene 48 | 48 |
On the firedamp of coal mines | 73 |
On the relation between the specific gravities | 89 |
Experimental researches on the diffusion of gases | 104 |
Gerhardt and anhydrous acids | 121 |
Application of chemistry to military purposes | 129 |
Indigo and its artificial production | 260 |
The chemical work of Wöhler | 278 |
Newtons Principles and chemistry | 299 |
On metallic carbonyls | 323 |
Liquid atmospheric air | 338 |
Argon | 352 |
Cathode rays | 369 |
Diamonds | 385 |
Chemistry and agriculture | 137 |
Chemistry and calico printing | 143 |
On the combining power of atoms | 165 |
Chemical constitution | 197 |
On the newest colouring matters | 205 |
The Royal College of Chemistry | 216 |
On the revived theory of phlogiston | 225 |
On the sulphurous impurity in coal gas | 238 |
The progress of science in elementary schools | 253 |
Kekulé Memorial Lecture | 431 |
Liquid hydrogen | 482 |
Bunsen | 499 |
Ions of electrolysis | 513 |
Stereochemistry | 533 |
Electrolytic dissociation | 552 |
Cannizzaro Memorial Lecture | 567 |
The vacuum flask | 585 |
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