Romance of Modern Chemistry
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188
1910
English
- Preface
- The Dawn of Chemistry
- Alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone
- Nature's Building Material
- Invisible Substances, and How We Know of Their Existence
- Elements with a Double Identity
- Metals, Common and Uncommon
- Where Two Metals are Better than One
- Acids and Alkalis
- Natural Waters, and What They May Contain
- Chemical Changes which Produce Light and Heat
- How Fire is Made
- Nature's Stores of Fuels
- More About Fuel
- Flame: What is It?
- Explosions and Explosives
- Below Zero
- Chemistry at High Temperatures
- Chemistry of the Stars
- Chemistry of Agriculture
- Sugar and Starch
- Fats and Oils
- How Man Competes with Nature
- The Adulteration of Food
- The Value of the By-product
- Valuable Substances from Unlikely Sources
- Chemistry and Electricity
- Some Interesting Facts about Solutions
- From Solutions to Crystals
- Great Effects from Small Causes
- How Trifling Observations Lead to Great Discoveries
A fascinating look back at the state of the art of chemistry 100 years ago, this book by James C. Philip, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at The Imperial College of Science and Technology, Kensington, provides a "description in non-technical language of the diverse and wonderful way which chemical forces are at work, and their manifold application in modern life" in 1910. Professor Philip relates many of the key chemical discoveries of early academic researchers in the context of the practical uses to which these discoveries were applied in the early 20th century. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
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