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BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 36, Number 1, 2011
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TITLE
Author
Page
Number
Chairs' Letter
1
Editor's Letter
Paul R. Jones, Editor
2
"notitia coerulei berolinensis nuper inventi"
On the 300th Anniversary of the First Publication on Prussian Blue
Alexander Kraft
Gesimat GmbH, Berlin
3
Physical Chemistry before Ostwald: The Textbooks of Josiah Parsons Cooke
William B. Jensen
University of Cincinnati
10
Benjamin Silliman, Jr.'s 1874 Papers: American Contributions to Chemistry
Martin D. Saltzman
Providence College
22
The Rise and Fall of Domestic Chemistry in Higher Education in England during the Early 20th Century
Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
Corner Brook, Newfoundland
35
Denison-Hackh Structure Symbols: A Forgotten Episode in the Teaching of Organic Chemistry
William B. Jensen
University of Cincinnati
43
Letter to the Editor: Vedic Hinduism and the Four Elements
Neale R. Neelameggham
51
Errata
53
Book Reviews
Pharmacy and Drug Lore in Antiquity: Greece, Rome, Byzantium
Reviewed by John E. Lesch
John Scarborough
2009
52
Materials and Expertise in Early Modern Europe
Reviewed by Jonathan Simon
Ursula Kein and
E. C. Spary, Eds.
2010
54
The Historiography of the Chemical Revolution: Patterns of Interpretation in the History of Science
Reviewed by Harold Goldwhite
John G. McEvoy
2010
56
Much Ado about (Practically) Nothing: A History of the Noble Gases
Reviewed by Catherine Westfall
David E. Fisher
2010
57
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Reviewed by Carmen J. Giunta
Deborah Blum
2010
58
Bulletin
Editorial Staff
2011 HIST Officer's Directory