Gay-Lussac is best known for his chemical work but also made important contributions to other physical sciences and technology. This is the first work to examine critically both the scientific work and the man behind it. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) lived through three revolutions in France and his life reflected the social transformations taking place around him. His education and early progress in science depended on the Revolution of 1789 and on the patronage of the chemist Berthollet, a close associate of Napoleon Bonaparte. Gay-Lussac may be seen as the first 'professional' scientist and indeed, throughout the book, Professor Crosland emphasises that he knew how to use his science to solve practical problems and was able to profit considerably from this application.
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'This exact and handsome reprint of a book published in 1978 [] is now available through Cambridge's 'print on demand' system ... makes a good read ... This meaty book passes the test of time.' Notes and Records of the Royal Society
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This is the first work to examine critically both the scientific work and the man behind it, and as well as providing the historian of science with a comprehensive account of the life and work of a major nineteenth-century scientist, the book will also be of value to the social and economic historian.
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gunpowder service, service des poudres, statique chimique, gunpowder administration, combining volumes, gravimetric approach, volumetric approach, oxymuriatic acid, chambre des pairs, joint memoir, volumetric analysis, combining proportions, bleaching powder, vapour densities, vapour density, oxygen theory, carbonic oxide, hydriodic acid, des sels, boracic acid, lead chambers, carbonic acid gas, physics section, caloric theory, multiple proportions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ecole Polytechnique, Faculty of Science, Chamber of Deputies, Academy of Sciences, Humphry Davy, Saint-Gobain Company, Ecole des Ponts, Guyton de Morveau, Chambre des Pairs, Ecole Normale, Conseil de Perfectionnement, Louis Philippe, Ministry of War, Paris Mint, Royal Society, Society of Arcueil, Gay de Vernon, Minister of the Interior, Jules Gay-Lussac, Madame Gay-Lussac, Minister of War, United States, Bourbon Restoration, Haute Vienne, Indeed Gay-Lussac New!
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By the late eighteenth century science was fairly well established as an intellectual activity in western Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gunpowder service, service des poudres, statique chimique, gunpowder administration, combining volumes, gravimetric approach, volumetric approach, oxymuriatic acid, chambre des pairs, joint memoir, volumetric analysis, combining proportions, bleaching powder, vapour densities, vapour density, oxygen theory, carbonic oxide, hydriodic acid, des sels, boracic acid, lead chambers, carbonic acid gas, physics section, caloric theory, multiple proportions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ecole Polytechnique, Faculty of Science, Chamber of Deputies, Academy of Sciences, Humphry Davy, Saint-Gobain Company, Ecole des Ponts, Guyton de Morveau, Chambre des Pairs, Ecole Normale, Conseil de Perfectionnement, Louis Philippe, Ministry of War, Paris Mint, Royal Society, Society of Arcueil, Gay de Vernon, Minister of the Interior, Jules Gay-Lussac, Madame Gay-Lussac, Minister of War, United States, Bourbon Restoration, Haute Vienne, Indeed Gay-Lussac New!
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- Dictionary of Scientific Biography. by Charles Coulston Gillispie in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Elements of Chemistry (Dover Books on Chemistry) by Antoine Lavoisier in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Discovery of the Elements by Mary Elvira Weeks in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Selected Correspondence: 1849-66 v. 2 by Michael Faraday in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire by Sadi Carnot in Back Matter
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- Enlightenment Science in the Romantic Era: The Chemistry of Berzelius and its Cultural Setting by Evan M. Melhado on page 104, and page 190
- Kinetic theory of gases, the: an anthology of classic papers with historical commentary (History of Modern Physical Sciences, 1) by Stephen G. Brush in Back Matter
- A Well-ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev And The Shadow Of The Periodic Table by Michael D. Gordin in Back Matter
- Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by Alan J. Rocke in Back Matter
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