An edition of The cradle of chemistry (2015)

The cradle of chemistry

the early years of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh

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An edition of The cradle of chemistry (2015)

The cradle of chemistry

the early years of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh

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Pages
198

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Table of Contents

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Introduction -- Robert G.W. Anderson -- 2.
Science in the Athens of the North: The Development of Science in Enlightenment Edinburgh -- John Henry -- 3.
Leiden Chemistry in Edinburgh: Herman Boerhaave, James Crawford and Andrew Plummer -- John C. Powers -- 4.
Plummer to Cullen: Novelty in William Cullen's Chemical Pedagogy -- Georgette Taylor -- 5.
`The Most Perfect Liberty': Professors and Students in the Age of the Chemical Revolution -- John R.R. Christie -- 6.
Useful Pictures: Joseph Black and the Graphic Culture of Experimentation -- Matthew Daniel Eddy -- 7.
Materia Chemica: Excavation of the Early Chemistry Stores at Old College, University of Edinburgh -- Tom Addyman -- 8.
Surviving Eighteenth-Century Chemical Apparatus in the National Museums of Scotland -- A.D. Morrison-Low -- 9.
Joseph Blacks House in Nicolson Street: Its History and Ultimate Fate -- Peter J.T. Morris -- 10.
Thomas Charles Hope and the Limiting Legacy of Joseph Black -- Robert G.W. Anderson -- 11.
`A Golden Cage, but Will the Birds Sing?': William Gregory, Lyon Playfair and Alexander Crum Brown -- Andrew J. Alexander -- 12.
Afterword -- Hasok Chang.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Edinburgh
Other Titles
Early years of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
610.71/14134
Library of Congress
R497.E34 A53 2015, R497.E34 C73 2015, R497.E34

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 198 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
198

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL31880507M
Internet Archive
cradleofchemistr0000edin
ISBN 10
1906566860
ISBN 13
9781906566869
LCCN
2018487186
OCLC/WorldCat
928609207

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Work ID
OL24155691W

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