The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850-1914
Subtitle: Industrial Growth, Pollution and Professionalization (Chemists and Chemistry)
Contributors: Ernst Homburg (Editor); Anthony S. Travis (Editor); Harm G. Schröter (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780792348894
Subjects: Chemical industries; Chemistry; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Chemistry - General; Industries - General; Chemical Engineering (General); Environmental Chemistry; Technology; Business / Economics / Finance; Europe; Business/Economics; Environmental aspects; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; General; Business & Economics / Industries; History : General; Science / Chemistry / General; Science : Chemistry - General; History; Chemical industry
First sentence: It is almost half a century since historians began to identify the period 1850-1914 as one in which there was, for the first time, a highly productive convergence of science with technology, particularly in Western Europe.