BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Number 4, Fall 1989

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TITLE	Author	Page Number
The 1989 Oesper Lecture. Some thoughts on our German chemical heritage	Paul R. Jones	3
Books of the Chemical Revolution. Part II of this series describes the first textbook of the revolution, Fourcroy's Elemens d'Histoire Naturelle et de Chimie of 1786	Ben Chastain	8
Bochard and the Oxyhydrogen Blowpipe. Breaking the temperature barrier in the 18th century	Elsa Gonzalez	11
Kasimir Fajans. The first installment of a two-part study of an important, but often neglected, 20th century chemist	Reynold Holmen	15
The History of the Dexter Award Part IV of this continuing series explores the award's third decade	Aaron Ihde	23
The 1988 Bibliography. Introducing a new resource for the historian of chemistry		27
Book Notes Chemische Studien and Konstitutions-Formeln der Organischen Chemie in Graphischer Darstellung	Johann J. Loschmidt, Reproductions of the Original 1861 and 1913 Editions, Aldrich Chemical Company, Milwaukee, WI, 1989.	29
Translations. Concerning the oxidizing properties of copper nitrate		31
Divisional News Awards Notes from Members Events of Interest Future Meetings		31
Parting Shots. The world's largest hydrogen sulfide test	William B. Jensen	34