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Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain / Peter Reed.
By: Reed, Peter [author]
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BookSeries: Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945: Publisher: London : Routledge, 2016, c2014Description: xv, 209 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans, portraits ; 24 centimetres.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781409457756 (hbk); 1409457753 (hbk).Other title: Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain : the life and work of Robert Angus Smith [Cover title].Subject(s): Smith, Robert Angus, 1817-1884 | Chemists -- Great Britain -- Biography | Environmental chemistry -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Acid rain -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Sanitation -- Research -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Chemical industry -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Pollutants -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Environmental health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 19th century | Manchester (England) -- Environmental conditions -- History -- 19th century
Contents:
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.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Science Museum London Dana Research Centre Library: Books | Science & Technology Studies Collection | 92 SMI REED (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2402281145 |
Originally published: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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