BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 38, Number 1, 2013
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| TITLE | Author | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| REPORT: A Citation for Chemical Breakthrough Award to an Italian High School, the Scientific Liceo Amedeo Avogadro of Vercelli, for Avogadro's 1811 Paper |
Teresa Celestino School of Advanced Studies, University of Camerino, Italy |
1 |
| HIST'S CITATION FOR CHEMICAL BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS: THE FIRST PAPER OR THE “BREAKTHROUGH” PAPER? |
Jeffrey I. Seeman Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond |
4 |
| CITATION FOR CHEMICAL BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS: CHOOSING PASTEUR'S AWARD-WINNING PUBLICATION |
Joseph Gal Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
7 |
| CHARLES M. HALL'S PERSISTENT QUEST OF PATENTS FOR REFINING ALUMINUM METAL BY ELECTROLYSIS |
Norman C. Craig Oberlin College |
13 |
| WILHELM HEINTZ (1817-1880) AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE FATTY ACIDS (1) |
Peter J. Ramberg School of Science and Mathematics, Truman State University |
19 |
| 150 YEARS AFTER THEIR EMERGENCE: A NEW LOOK AT LOSCHMIDT'S REPRESENTATIONS OF BENZENE |
Heinz D. Roth Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Wright-Rieman Laboratories, Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
29 |
| GEORGE DOWNING LIVEING AND THE ORIGINS OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS IN GREAT BRITAIN |
William B. Jensen Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati |
37 |
| FIFTY YEARS OF VASKA'S COMPOUND (1) |
Rein U. Kirss Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Northeastern University |
52 |
| ANIONIC NAMES OF ACIDS — AN EXPERIMENT IN CHEMICAL NOMENCLATURE |
Nenad Raos, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia; Tomislav Portada, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia; Vladimir Stilinović, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia |
61 |
| ON THE ORIGINS OF A TOOL FOR CHEMISTS, THE DEAN-STARK APPARATUS |
Pierre Laszlo Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France and University of Liège, Belgium |
67 |
| BOOK REVIEWS | ||
| The Chemical History of Color | Mary Virginia Orna; 2013 | 73 |
| King of Poisons: A History of Arsenic | John Parascandola; 2012 | 74 |
| Early Russian Organic Chemists and their Legacy | David E. Lewis; 2012 | 76 |
| Inventing Chemistry. Herman Boerhaave and the Reform of the Chemical Arts | John C. Powers; 2012 | 77 |
| Sir James Dewar, 1842-1923: A Ruthless Chemist | J. S. Rowlinson; 2012 | 79 |
| Progresive Enlightenment: The Origins of the Gaslight Industry, 1780-1820 | Leslie Tomory; 2012 | 80 |