Edmund Edward Fournier D'Albe

The Life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S.

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1923 biography of Sir William Crookes (1832-1919) explores his wide-ranging scientific career through diary extracts and letters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781108061599
• ISBN-10: 1108061591
• Artikelnr.: 38494915

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
1. Introductory
2. Early days
3. The Royal College of Chemistry, 1848-54
4. Peregrinations, 1854-6
5. The business of life, 1856-8
6. The Chemical News, 1858-60
7. The green line, 1860-2
8. Slings and arrows, 1862-5
9. The cattle plague, 1865-7
10. Gold amalgamation, 1865-7
11. The eclipse expedition, 1870
12. Mysterious forces and apparitions, 1871-4
13. The radiometer, 1874-7
14. The fourth state of matter, 1877-9
15. Electric lighting, 1878-89
16. The origin of the elements, 1890
17. The end of the century, 1892-9
18. Diamonds, 1897-1903
19. Radium and its rays, 1903-12
20. The last stage, 1913-19
Index.