ABSTRACT

The present volume is an attempt to skitch, in a style suitable for general reading, the lives of some of the most prominent chemists of the past. As it is obviously impossible for one person to deal with them all, the first great difficulty in such a project is to make the selection. After much reflection, the guiding principle adopted is the evolution of the Atomic Theory from the point of view of the Chemist.

part I|21 pages

Robert Boyle

chapter I|20 pages

Boyle

part II|41 pages

The Phlogistians

chapter II|9 pages

Black

chapter III|9 pages

Priestley

chapter IV|12 pages

Cavendish

chapter V|10 pages

Scheele

part III|15 pages

The Antiphlogistic Revolution

chapter VI|14 pages

Lavoisier 1

part IV|25 pages

Electricity in the Service of Chemistry

chapter VII|24 pages

Davy

part V|48 pages

Laws of Combination and the Atomic Theory

chapter VIII|14 pages

Dalton

chapter IX|8 pages

Gay-Lussac

chapter X|4 pages

Proust

chapter XI|21 pages

Berzelius

part VI|18 pages

Electro-Chemistry

chapter XII|16 pages

Faraday

part VII|18 pages

Avogadro (1776–1856) Cannizzaro (1826–1910)

chapter XIII|3 pages

Avogadro

chapter XIV|14 pages

Cannizzaro 1

part VIII|28 pages

Attempts at Classification

chapter XV|16 pages

Liebig 1

chapter XVI|11 pages

Dumas

part IX|25 pages

Theories of Chemical Action and Constitution of Molecules

chapter XVII|11 pages

Frankland

chapter XVIII|13 pages

Williamson

part X|47 pages

Classification and Nature of Elements

chapter XIX|17 pages

Mendeléeff 1

chapter XX|14 pages

Crookes

chapter XXI|15 pages

Ramsay

chapter |5 pages

Epilogue