Sir James Dewar, 1842-1923: a Ruthless Chemist
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| Item Description: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Nomenclature and Units; Abbreviations; 1 Boyhood; 2 Edinburgh; 3 Cambridge; 4 Demonstrators; 5 Spectroscopy; 6 London; 7 Commerce; 9 Argon and Helium; 10 The Davy Faraday Research Laboratory; 11 Decline; Chronology; Appendix: Liquefying a Gas; Notes and References; Name Index; Subject Index Sir James Dewar was a major figure in British chemistry for around 40 years. He held the posts of Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (1875-1923) and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution (1877-1923) and is remembered principally for his efforts to liquefy hydrogen successfully in the field that would come to be known as cryogenics. His experiments in this field led him to develop the vacuum flask, now more commonly known as the thermos, and in 1898 he was the first person to successfully liquefy hydrogen. A man of many interests, he was also, with Frede Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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