Title
Essays biographical and chemical
By
Ramsay, William, 1852-1916
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, Dutton, 1909
Notes
"These essays ... have been delivered as lectures, or published as magazine articles at various times in the course of the last twenty-five years." cf. Preface.
The functions of a university. Oration delivered at University college, London, June 6, 1901.
Contents: I. Historical essays: The early days of chemistry.--The great London chemists: I. Boyle and Cavendish. II. Davy and Graham.--Joseph Black: his life and work.--Lord Kelvin.--Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot. II. Chemical essays: How discoveries are made.--The Becquerel rays.--What is an element?--On the periodic arrangement of the elements.--Radium and its products.--What is electricity?--The aurora borealis.
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.23745
OCLC:
5585004
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51469907
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