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A history of chemistry from earliest times to the present day : being also an introduction to the study of the science / Ernst von Meyer ; translated by George M'Gowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyer, Ernst von, 1847-1916, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry.
- Chemistry--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XXII, 556 p.)
- Edition:
- Transl. with the Author’s Sanction. Reprint 2021
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [1891]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION
- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- AUTHOR'S NOTE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS OF THE NAMES OF MOST OF THE JOURNALS TO WHICH REFERENCE HAS BEEN MADE
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE BIRTH OF ALCHEMY
- CHAPTER II THE AGE OF ALCHEMY
- CHAPTER III HISTORY OF THE IATRO-CHEMICAL PERIOD
- CHAPTER IV HISTORY OF THE PERIOD OF THE PHLOGISTON THEORY, FROM BOYLE TO LAVOISIER
- CHAPTER V HISTORY OF THE MOST RECENT PERIOD (FROM THE TIME OF LAVOISIER UP TO NOW)
- CHAPTER VI SPECIAL HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF CHEMISTRY FROM LAVOISIER TO THE PRESENT DAY
- INDEX OF AUTHORS' NAMES
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-241074-2
- OCLC:
- 1253313134
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