Sir James Dewar, 1842-1923
Subtitle: a ruthless chemist
By: John Rowlinson
Series: Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781409406136; 9781409406143
Subjects: Chemists; Science; Inventors; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Nomenclature and Units; title: Abbreviations; title: Boyhood; title: Edinburgh; title: Cambridge; title: Demonstrators; title: Spectroscopy; title: London; title: Commerce; title: Cryogenics; title: Early experiments; title: The vacuum flask; title: Interchangers; title: Joule-Thomson cooling; title: Liquid hydrogen; title: Cryogenic experiments; title: Argon and Helium; title: Davy Faraday Research Laboratory; title: Decline; title: Chronology; title: Appendix.