Title: History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2)
Author: T. E. Thorpe
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Language: English
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A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES
Astronomy, by Prof. George Forbes, F.R.S.
Chemistry, 2 volumes, by Sir Edward Thorpe, C.B., D Sc., F.R.S., etc. (Director of Government Laboratories)
Old Testament Criticism, by Prof. Archibald Duff (Prof. of Hebrew and Old Testament Theology in the United College, Bradford)
In Active Preparation—
New Testament Criticism, by F. C. Conybeare, M.A. (Late Fellow and Prælector of Univ. Coll., Oxford)
Geology, by H. B. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S. (Assistant Director of Geological Survey)
Geography, by Dr. Scott Keltie, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
New York London
A HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES
BY
Sir EDWARD THORPE
C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.
AUTHOR OF “ESSAYS IN HISTORICAL CHEMISTRY,” “HUMPHRY DAVY:
POET AND PHILOSOPHER,” “JOSEPH PRIESTLEY,” ETC., ETC.
TWO VOLUMES
II.
From 1850 to 1910
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1910
Copyright, 1910 by
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
This series is published in London by
The Rationalist Press Association, Limited
The Knickerbocker Press, New York