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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dXY4$dXFF
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050 00 $aQD11$b.P3 1989
100 1 $aPartington, J. R.$q(James Riddick),$d1886-1965.
245 12 $aA short history of chemistry /$cJ.R. Partington.
250 $a3rd ed., rev. and enl.
260 $aNew York :$bDover Publications,$c1989.
300 $axiii, 415 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aReprint. Originally published: 3rd ed., rev. and
enl. London : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press,
1957.
504 $aIncludes bibliography (p. 381-385) and indexes.
505 00 $tOrigins of applied chemistry --$tBeginnings of
chemistry --$tDiffusion of alchemy --$tIatrochemistry, or
chemistry in the service of medicine --$tEarly studies on
combustion and the nature of the atmosphere --$tDiscovery of
gases --$tLavoisier and the foundation of modern chemistry
--$tLaws of combining proportions and the atomic theory
--$tDavy and Berzelius and the electrochemical or dualistic
theory --$tBeginnings of organic chemistry --$tSubstitution:
The unitary and type theories --$tTheory of valency
--$tDevelopment of organic chemistry --$tHistory of physical
chemistry --$tPeriodic law --$tStructure of the atom.
590 $aGift of Dr. Joan Rahn.
650 0 $aChemistry$xHistory.
856 42 $zPublisher's
description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover032/
89001216.html
902 $allm
