Instruments and experimentation in the history of chemistry / edited by Frederic L. Holmes and Trevor H. Levere.
| Other author | Holmes, Frederic Lawrence. |
| Other author | Levere, Trevor Harvey. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2000. |
| Description | xxi, 415 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Instruments & experimentation in the history of chemistry |
| Series | Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology. ^A464634 |
| Contents | Archaeology of chemistry / Robert G.W. Anderson -- Alchemy, assaying, and experiment / William R. Newman -- Apparatus and reproducibility in alchemy / Lawrence M. Principe -- "Slippery substances" : some practical and conceptual problems in the understanding of gases in the pre-Lavoisier era / Maurice Crosland -- Measuring gases and measuring goodness / Trevor H. Levere -- Evolution of Lavoisier's chemical apparatus / Frederic L. Holmes -- "Chemist's balance for fluids" : hydrometers and their multiple identities, 1770-1810 / Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent -- "Fit instruments" : thermometers in eighteenth-century chemistry / Jan Golinski -- Platinum and ground glass : some innovations in chemical apparatus by Guyton de Morveau and others / William A. Smeaton -- Multiple combining proportions : the experimental evidence / Melvyn C. Usselman -- Organic analysis in comparative perspective : Liebig, Dumas, and Berzelius, 1811-1837 / Alan J. Rocke -- Chemical techniques in a preelectronic age : the remarkable apparatus of Edward Frankland / Colin A. Russell -- Bridging chemistry and physics in the experimental study of gunpowder / Seymour H. Mauskopf -- Laboratory practice and the physical chemistry of Michael Polanyi / Mary Jo Nye. |
| Local note | Little-341637--3051310488842 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-400) and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection |
| LCCN | 99021064 |
| ISBN | 0262082829 |
| ISBN | 9780262082822 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QD53 .I57 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | QD 53 I59 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |