Preface |
Martinus van Marum (1750-1837): the introduction of Lavoisier's chemistry into the Low Countries |
Friendship and influence: Martinus van Marum / F.R.S. |
Relations and rivalry: interactions between Britain and The Netherlands in 18th-century science and technology |
Balance and gasometer in Lavoisier's chemical revolution |
Dr Thomas Beddoes at Oxford: radical politics in 1788-1793 and the fate of the Regius chair in chemistry |
Dr Thomas Beddoes (1750-1808): science and medicine in politics and society |
Dr Thomas Beddoes and the establishment of his Pneumatic Institution: a tale of three presidents |
Dr Thomas Beddoes: the interaction of pneumatic and preventive medicine with chemistry |
The rich economy of nature: chemistry in the 19th century |
Elements in the structure of Victorian science, or Cannon revisited |
Humphry Davy and the idea of glory |
S.T. Coleridge: a poet's view of science |
Coleridge, chemistry and the philosophy of nature |
Hegel and the earth sciences |
Faraday, electrochemistry, and natural philosophy |
Faraday, matter, and natural theology: reflections on an unpublished manuscript |
Affinity or structure: an early problem in organic chemistry |
Gay-Lussac and the problem of chemical qualities |
Arrangement and structure: a distinction and a difference |
Index |
Preface |
Martinus van Marum (1750-1837): the introduction of Lavoisier's chemistry into the Low Countries |
Friendship and influence: Martinus van Marum / F.R.S. |