Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain / Peter Reed.
By: Reed, Peter [author]
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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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