A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES
Astronomy, by Prof. George Forbes, F.R.S.
Chemistry, 2 volumes, by Sir Edward Thorpe,C.B., D Sc., F.R.S., etc. (Director of GovernmentLaboratories)
Old Testament Criticism, by Prof. Archibald Duff(Prof. of Hebrew and Old Testament Theology inthe United College, Bradford)
In Active Preparation—
New Testament Criticism, by F. C. Conybeare,M.A. (Late Fellow and Prælector of Univ. Coll.,Oxford)
Geology, by H. B. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S.(Assistant Director of Geological Survey)
Geography, by Dr. Scott Keltie, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
New York London
A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES
HISTORY
OF
CHEMISTRY
BY
Sir EDWARD THORPE
C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.
AUTHOR OF “ESSAYS IN HISTORICAL CHEMISTRY,” “HUMPHRY DAVY:
POET AND PHILOSOPHER,” “JOSEPH PRIESTLEY,” ETC., ETC.
TWO VOLUMES
II.
From 1850 to 1910
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1910
Copyright, 1910 by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
This series is published in London by
The Rationalist Press Association, Limited
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
A History of the Sciences has been plannedto present for the information of the generalpublic a historic record of the great divisionsof science. Each volume is the work of awriter who is accepted as an authority on hisown subject-matter. The books are not to beconsidered as primers, but present thoroughlydigested information on the relations borne byeach great division of science to the changes inhuman ideas and to the intellectual developmentof mankind. The monographs explainhow the principal scientific discoveries havebeen arrived at and the names of the workersto whom such discoveries are due.
The books will comprise each about 200 pages.Each volume will contain from 12 to 16 illustrations,including portraits of the discoverersand explanatory views and diagrams. Eachvolume contains also a concise but comprehensivebibliography of the subject-matter. Thefollowing volumes will be issued during thecourse of the autumn of 1909.
The History of Astronomy.
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