The Romance of Modern Chemistry
Forfatter: James C. Phillip
År: 1912
Forlag: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited
Sted: London
Sider: 347
UDK: 540 Phi
A Description in non-technical Language of the diverse and wonderful ways in which chemical forces are at work and of their manifold application in modern life.
With 29 illustrations & 15 diagrams.
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THE ROMANCE OF
MODERN CHEMISTRY
CHAPTER I
THE DAWN OF CHEMISTRY
IN this twentieth century chemistry lias become a
veritable storehouse of wonder, a cavern of marvel
and mystery. Many generations of scientific workers
have done their share in the exploration of the cavern,
and in the discovery of keys to its innumerable chambers,
but much that is obscure or unknown remains, lo-day
there are more explorers than at any previous time, more
eager spirits than ever seeking to gain an entrance into
those chambers which have not yet yielded up their
secrets. Ever and anon some worker, more ingenious or
more fortunate than his fellows, makes a notable advance,
and his name is on every one’s lips. But all the time,
unthought of by the outside world, the rank and file of
the explorers is steadily pushing forward and conquering
nature’s mysteries for the ultimate service of man.
In this volume we shall take a peep into some of the
chambers which the workers of the past have opened up to
us, as well as into some of those which are still partly unex-
plored. We shall see how the subtle chemical forces which
are at work all around us have been revealed and harnessed
for the use of man, and how order has been introduced into
the apparently hopeless confusion of chemical phenomena.
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