A History of Chemistry. Volume Four

Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, undated reprint (1996) of 1964 first edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xxxi, [1], 1007 pp, ills. From the preface: "This Volume deals with the development of chemistry in the nineteenth and part of the twentieth centuries, as shown in the table of contents. The part concerned with the twentieth century comprises the lives and work of chemists, including American, not previously treated in detail in histories of chemistry. ..The text is about equally divided among physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry, and a thread of continuity runs through the whole work. Very few theories proposed in the period have been completely discarded; at some times progress has been achieved by emphasising one theory and neglecting another apparently conflicting one, but nearly all, in some form or other, find a place in modern chemistry." Contents: Part I. I. Early Electrochemistry; II. Davy; III. Gay-Lussac and Thenard; IV. Faraday; V. Berzelius; VI. Döbereiner to Schönbein; VII. Atomic Weights; VIII. Early Organic Chemistry; IX. Graham and Bunsen; X. Liebig and Wöhler; XI. Dumas; XII. Laurent; XIII. Gerhardt; XIV. the Theory of Types; XV. Berthelet. Wurtz. Canizzaro; XVI. Frankland and Kolbe; XVII. Kekule; Part II The History of Physical Chemistry; XViii. Chemical Affinity; XIX. Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics; XX. Solutions; XXI. Electrochemistry; XXII Photochemistry; XXIII. Colloids; Part III The History of Organic Chemistry; XXIV. Organic Chemistry I; XXV. Organic Chemistry II; Part IV The History of Inorganic Chemistry; XXVI. The History of Inorganic Chemistry; Part V Radioactivity and Atomic Structure; Index of Names; Index of Subjects. As New.