BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Number 13/14, Winter/Spring 1992/1993

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TITLE	Author	Page Number
Festschrift Introduction.	William B. Jensen	3
The Eclectic Life of Otto Theodor Benfey. A biographical portrait of the life and work of Ted Benfey	James J. Bohning	4
By Way of Explanation. On eclecticism and the pursuit of chemistry	Otto Theodor Benfey	16
Corpuscular Alchemy. A case study of the mechanization of 17th-century alchemy as exemplified by the tranmutational theory of Eirenaeus Philalethes	William Newman	19
Robert Mayer and the Conservation of Matter. Did conservation of energy precede conservation of mass?	Kenneth L. Caneva	27
Pride and Prejudice in Chemistry. A look at chauvinism and the pursuit of science among 19th-century European chemists	Alan J. Rocke	29
The Chemist's War. An analysis of the impact of World War I on the American chemical profession	David J. Rhees	40
The Historical Development of the van Arkel Bond-Type Triangle. Even textbook diagrams have a history	William B. Jensen	47
Perspectives Lecture. On Pythagoreanism and the origins of the periodic table	Otto Theodor Benfey	60

Curiosity Perfectly Satisfyed: Faraday's Travels in Europe 1813-1815; Michael Faraday's 'Chemical Notes, Hints, Suggestions and Objects of Pursuit' of 1822 The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume 1,1811-1831 Reviewed by Derek A. Davenport	Brian Bowers and Lenore Symons, Eds. 1991 Ryan D. Tweney and David Gooding, Eds. 1991 Frank A. J. L. James, Ed. 1991	66
The Green Flame: Surviving Government Secrecy Reviewed by Peter J. T. Morris	Andrew Dequasie 1991	68
The Chemical Revolution: A Contribution to Social Technology Reviewed by William B. Jensen	Archibald Clow and Nan L. Clow 1992	68
The French Paracelsians: The Chemical Challenge to Medical and Scientific Tradition in Early Modern France Reviewed by William B. Jensen	Allen G. Debus 1991	69
Enlightenment Science in the Romantic Era: The Chemistry of Berzelius and Its Cultural Setting Reviewed by William B. Jensen	Evan M. Melhado and Tore Frängsmyr, Eds. 1992	69
Eilhard Mitscherlich: Baumeister am Fundament der Chemie Reviewed by Alan J. Rocke	Hans-Werner Schütt 1992	70
Enjoying Organic Chemistry. 1927-1987 Reviewed by John Belletire	Egbert Havinga 1991	70

Letters. The Stereochemistry of Benzene Chemical Slide Rules	Bert Ramsay Bert Ramsay	72
Divisional News. Awards Events of Interest Future Meetings 1994 Officer's Directory Coming in Future Issues		73

American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry

BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Number 13/14, Winter/Spring 1992/1993

American Chemical Society

Division of the History of Chemistry