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Ostwald, Wilhelm ( 1853-1932) : 



1896: Elektrochemie, ihre Geschichte und Lehre (1166 p., ill., Leipzig). 



1906: Leitlinien der Chemie (313 p., Leipzig). — French translation (Paris 

 1909). 



Muir, Matthew Moncrieff Pattison ( 1848- ) : 



1907: History of chemical theories and laws (575 p., New York). 



Partington, James Riddick (1886- ): 



1935: Origins and development of applied chemistry (610 p., London; Isis 25, 

 504-07). 



1937: A short history of chemistry (400 p., ill., New York; Isis 29, 179-81). 



Ramsay, Sir William (1852-1916): 



1896: The gases of the atmosphere, the history of their discovery (248 p., 7 

 portr., London).— Second ed. 1902; 3rd ed. 309 p., 8 portr., 1905. 



Read, John (1884- ): 



1937: Prelude to chemistry. An outline of alchemy, its literature and relation- 

 ship (344 p., ill.. New York; Isis 27, 528-31). 



1947: The alchemist in life, literature and art (112 p., London). 



1947: Humour and humanism in chemistry (411 p., ill., London). 



Schmieder, Karl Christoph (1778-1850): 



1832: Geschichte der Alchemic (623 p., Halle). 



Facsimile reprint with preface by Franz Strunz, Miinchen-Planegg 1927. 



Singer, Charles: 



1948: The earliest chemical industry. An essay in the historical relations of 

 economics and technology illustrated from the alum trade (folio 352 p., ill., London; 

 Isis 41, 128-31). 



Smith, Henry Monmouth 



1949: Torchbearers of chemistry (270 p., 253 ill.. New York; Isis 41, 90). 



Soddy, Frederick ( 1877- ) : 



1949: The story of atomic energy (144 p., London). 



Stillman, John Maxon (1852-1923; Isis 34, 142-46): 



1924: The story of early chemistry (580 p., New York; Isis 7, 295). 



Taylor, Frank Sherwood ( 1897- ) : 



1949: The alchemists. Founders of modern chemistry (256 p., ill.. New York; 



Isis 41, 237). 



Testi, Gino (1892- ): 



1950: Dizionario di alchimia e di chimica antiquaria (202 p., Roma). 



Thorpe, Sir (Thomas) Edward (1845-1925): 



1894: Essays in historical chemistry (392 p. London). — Second ed. 1902, 3rd ed. 

 1911, reprinted 1923 (614 p.). 



1909-10: History of chemistry (2 small vols., New York). 



Venable, Francis Preston (1856-1934): 



1894: Short history of chemistry (172 p., Boston). 2nd ed. 1896, Srd 1901, 

 reprinted 1909. 



Weeks, Mary Elvira (1892- ): 



1945: Discovery of the elements. Fifth edition (592 p.. Journal of chemical 

 education, Easton, Pennsylvania; Isis 36, 227). — First edition 1933 (366 p.; Isis 21, 

 455); 2nded., 1934; 3rd ed., 1935; 4th ed. 1939 (Isis 32, 386-89). 



