Instruments and Experimentation in the History of Chemistry

by Frederic Lawrence Holmes, Trevor H. Levere, Frederic L. Holmes

From the days of the alchemists through the creation of the modern laboratory, chemistry has been defined by its instruments and experimental techniques. Historians, however, have tended to focus on the course of chemical theory rather than on the tools and experiments that drove the theory. This volume moves chemical instruments and experiments into the foreground of historical concern, in line with the emphasis on practice that characterizes current...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262082829
• ISBN13: 9780262082822
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher