BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY


Volume 51, 2026

Patterson, Gary D., “Chemistry at the End of the 18th Century,” Bull. Hist. Chem., 2026, 51, 157-163.

https://doi.org/10.70359/bhc2026v051p157


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Abstract/Description: The state of chemistry at the end of the 18th century is well represented by Joseph Black's Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry (1806). It was compiled and extensively edited by John Robison. The European chemical community was poised for major advances in the 19th century.