Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain /
Reed, Peter, 1942-
Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain / Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain : the life and work of Robert Angus Smith. Peter Reed. - London : Routledge, 2016, c2014. - xv, 209 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans, portraits ; 24 centimetres. - Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 . - Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 .
Originally published: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Short biography and emergence of the civil scientist -- The influence of Graham, Playfair and Liebig on Robert Angus Smith -- Robert Angus Smith's Manchester -- Sanitary science, disinfectants and "acid rain" -- Nuisance vapours, their legal challenge, "the monster nuisance of all" -- The "civil scientist" in action -- Extension of regulation from the 1870s and the increasing health concerns -- Robert Angus Smith's legacy -- The epilogue -- Appendix 1: Robert Angus Smith bibliography.
9781409457756 (hbk) 1409457753 (hbk)
2013031539
Smith, Robert Angus, 1817-1884
Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.
Environmental chemistry--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Acid rain--Environmental aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Sanitation--Research--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Chemical industry--Environmental aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Pollutants--Government policy--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Environmental health--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Great Britain--Environmental conditions--History--19th century.
Manchester (England)--Environmental conditions--History--19th century.
QD22.S615 / R33 2014
Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain / Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain : the life and work of Robert Angus Smith. Peter Reed. - London : Routledge, 2016, c2014. - xv, 209 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans, portraits ; 24 centimetres. - Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 . - Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 .
Originally published: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Short biography and emergence of the civil scientist -- The influence of Graham, Playfair and Liebig on Robert Angus Smith -- Robert Angus Smith's Manchester -- Sanitary science, disinfectants and "acid rain" -- Nuisance vapours, their legal challenge, "the monster nuisance of all" -- The "civil scientist" in action -- Extension of regulation from the 1870s and the increasing health concerns -- Robert Angus Smith's legacy -- The epilogue -- Appendix 1: Robert Angus Smith bibliography.
9781409457756 (hbk) 1409457753 (hbk)
2013031539
Smith, Robert Angus, 1817-1884
Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.
Environmental chemistry--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Acid rain--Environmental aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Sanitation--Research--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Chemical industry--Environmental aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Pollutants--Government policy--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Environmental health--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Great Britain--Environmental conditions--History--19th century.
Manchester (England)--Environmental conditions--History--19th century.
QD22.S615 / R33 2014
