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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|21 pages
Robert Boyle
part II|41 pages
The Phlogistians
part III|15 pages
The Antiphlogistic Revolution
part IV|25 pages
Electricity in the Service of Chemistry
part V|48 pages
Laws of Combination and the Atomic Theory
part VI|18 pages
Electro-Chemistry
part VII|18 pages
Avogadro (1776–1856) Cannizzaro (1826–1910)
part IX|25 pages
Theories of Chemical Action and Constitution of Molecules
part X|47 pages
Classification and Nature of Elements