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BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 47, Number 3, 2022

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TITLE Author Page
Number
Ancient Analogues of Chemical Equations
Francesco Di Giacomo
265-269
Role for Hypochlorite Saponification in Semmelweis's Suppression
of Puerperal Fever Epidemics
Michael Witty and
Theppawut Ayudhya
270-275
The Trouble with Thermodynamics
William B. Jensen
276-280
Development of Chemistry at Ohio University and
Its First Women Graduates
Howard D. Dewald
281-289
Eda Bachman Walden: What Were Her Contributions?
Anne M. Wilson
290-295
Sir William Ramsay: Pioneering Advocate for Woman Chemists
Marelene Rayner-Canham and
Geoff Rayner-Canham
296-301
Marguerite Catherine Perey (1909-1975): The Discovery of Francium and the
Election of the First Woman to the French Academy of Sciences
Ivoni de Freitas-Reis and
Beatriz Gatti de Castro
302-309
HIST Centennial Memories Paul Raymond Jones (1930-2019)
Sarah Cummings, Amy Robinson,
and Martin Saltzman
310-315
     
BOOK REVIEWS    
A Cultural History of Chemistry, in 6 volumes

Vol. 1 A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity
Reviewed by Mary Virginia Orna
Vol. 2 A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Middle Ages
Reviewed by Carmen Giunta
Vol. 3 A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Early Modern Age
Reviewed by Jennifer Rampling
Vol. 4 A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century
Reviewed by Leonardo Anatrini
Vol. 5 A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century
Reviewed by Ann E. Robinson
Vol. 6 A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age
Reviewed by Roald Hoffmann
Peter J. T. Morris and Alan Rocke, Gen. Eds.
2022
V1-Marco Beretta, Ed.

V2-Charles Burnett and
Sébastien Moureau, Eds.
V3-Bruce T. Moran, Ed.

V4-Matthew Daniel Eddy and
Ursula Klein, Eds.
V5-Peter J. Ramberg, Ed.

V6-Peter J. T. Morris, Ed.
316-327

316-319

319-321

321-322

322-323

323-325

325-327
March of the Pigments: Color History, Science and Impact
Reviewed by Nicholas Zumbulyadis
Mary Virginia Orna
2022
327-328
Science in London: A Guide to Memorials
Reviewed by James Marshall
Istvan Hargittai and
Magdolna Hargittai
2021
328-330
Wilhelm Ostwald: The Autobiography
Reviewed by William B. Jensen
Robert S. Jack and Fritz Scholz, Eds.
2017
330-332
Pioneers of Magnetic Resonance
Reviewed by Joseph B. Lambert
E. Thomas Strom and
Vera V. Mainz, Eds.
2021
332-334
Science: Has its Present Past a Future? Selected Essays by Arnold Thackray
Reviewed by Arthur Greenberg
Jeffrey L. Sturchio and
Bruce Lewenstein, Eds.
2022
335-336
     
2022 Citation for Chemical Breakthroughs
 
337
Bulletin Instructions for Authors   338
The Back Story
Vladimir Prelog, Albert Eschenmoser and I. A Friend of a Friend is a Friend
Jeffrey I. Seeman
339-340
     
Bulletin Editorial Staff   341
HIST Officers 2022   341

The Cover . . .Eda Bachman Walden: What were her contributions? See p290.