BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
Number 12, Fall 1992
NOTE: This issue is now open access.
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The 1991 Dexter Address. Herbert Hoover and Georgius Agricola: The Distorting Mirrors of History |
Owen Hannaway | 3 |
Stereochemical Models of Benzene, 1869 - 1875. A detailed look at a neglected chapter in the history of stereochemistry |
Leonello Paoloni | 10 |
Some Early Chemical Slide Rules. An early and novel application of the principle of the slide rule, these chemical oddities are now museum curiosities |
William D. Williams | 9 |
The Chemical News, 1859 - 1932. The brainchild of William Crookes, this important chemical weekly served the chemical community for nearly three-quarters of a century |
William H. Brock | 30 |
Old Chemistries. A look at a little-known transitional chemical text by Benjamin Silliman Jr. and George F. Baker |
William D. Williams | 35 |
Book Notes. A History of the International Chemical Industry Chemistry The Historical Development of Chemical Concepts Nineteenth-Century Attitudes: Men of Science A History of Lactic Acid Making: A Chapter in the History of Biotechnology Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences Atti del III cevgno nazionale di storia e fondamenti della chimica Some Recollections of Gap Jumping |
Fred Aftalion (trans. Otto Theodor Benfey), University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1991. Helene Metzger (trans. Colette V. Michael), Locust Hill Press, West Cornwall, CT, 1991. Roman Mierzecki, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, and Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw, 1991. Sydney Ross, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1991. H. Benninga, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Drodrecht, 1990. Joseph S. Fruton, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1990. Ferdinando Abbri and Franco Crispini, eds., Brenner, Cosenza, 1991. Sir Derek H. R. Barton, American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., 1991. |
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Letters. | 45 | |
Divisional News. Awards Events of Interest In Memoriam: Raymond Benedict Seymour Future Meetings Officers Directory |
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Parting Shots. Gibber, Jabber, or Just Geber? | William B. Jensen | 49 |
Notice to all Subscribers and Authors. | 51 |