A history of chemistry / by the late J.R. Partington.
Edizione:
Repr
Pubblicazione:
New York : Martino publishing, [199-?]
Descrizione fisica:
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm
Note:
Tit. del vol. 1: Part I, Theoretical background
Contiene:
Indice: vol. 1: pt. 1. Theoretical background: 1. Early greek philosophy; 2. The early greek atomic theory; 3. Plato; 4. Aristotle; 5. Teophratastos and Straton; 6. Epikouros; 7. The stoics; 8. Alexandria; 9. Medicine and technology; 10. Neopytagoreanism; 11. Neoplatonism; 12. The hermetic books; 13. Gnosticsm; 14. Magic; 15. Astrology; 16. Mithraism; 17. Mandaeism; 18. Manichaeism; 19. The Harranians (Sabians); 20. The Qabbalah; Index of names; Index of subject; vol. 2: List of illustrations; Abbreviations in references; List of authors; List of periodical publications; 1. Empirical prelude; 2. Technological treatises; 3. Paracelsus; 4. Iatrochemists following Paracelsus; 5. Basil Valentine; 6. Van Helmont; 7. Libavius; 8. The development of iatrochemistry; 9. Inventors and theorists; 10. Glauber and Kunckel; 11. Francis Bacon and some contemporaries; 12. Descartes; 13. The revival of atomism: Gassendi and Newton; 14. Boyle; 15. Hooke; 16. Mayow; 17. The phlogiston theory: pt. 1. Becher; 18. The phlogiston theory: pt. 2. Stahl; 19. Hoffmann and other 18th century chemists; 20. Boerhaave; Table of symbols; Index of names; Index of subject; vol. 3: List of illustrations; Abbreviations in references; List of authors; List of periodical publications; 1. Chemistry in France: 1. 1600 to 1700; 2. Chemistry in France: 2. 1700 to 1750; 3. Chemistry in France: 3. 1750 to 1800; 4. Hales and black; 5. Chemistry in Scandinavia: 1. Borrichius to Bergman; 6. Chemistry in Scandinavia: 2. Scheele; 7. Priestley; 8. Cavendish; 9. Lavoisier; 10. Bertollet and Guyton de Morveau; 11. Fourcroy, Vauquelin, Chaptal; 12. Chemistry in Germany; 13. The later Phlogiston theory; 14. Foundations of stoichiometry; 15. Chemistry in Great Britain and Ireland; 16. Bryan and William Higgins; 17. Dalton; Index of names; Index of subject; vol. 4: List of illustrations; Abbreviations in references; List of authors; List of periodical pubblications; Errata; pt. 1: 1. Early electrochemistry; 2. Davy; 3. Gay-Lussac and Thenard; 4. Faraday; 5. Berzelius; 6. Döbereiner to Schönbein; 7. Atomic weights; 8. Early organic chemistry; 9. Graham and Bunsen; 10. Liebig and Wöhler; 11. Dumas; 12. Laurent; 13. Gerhardt; 14. The theory of types; 15. Berthelot, Wurtz, Cannizzaro; 16. Frankland and Kolbe; 17. Kekulé; pt. 2: The history of physical chemistry; 18. Chemical affinity; 19. Thermochemistry and thermodynamics; 20. Solutions; 21. Electrochemistry; 21. Photochemistry; 23. Colloids; pt. 3: The history of organic chemistry: 24. Organic chemistry 1; 25. Organic chemistry 2; pt. 4: The history of inorganic chemistry: 26. The history of inorganic chemistry; pt. 5: Radioactivity and atomic structure; Index of names; index of subject
