A history of analytical chemistry which describes man's attempts to find the composition of substances and then apply them to definite purposes. Included are bibliographical details of more than 800 chemists, providing the personal stories behind the advances in analytical methods. This book is intended for historians of science, especially of analytical chemistry.
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Part 1 Analytical chemistry in antiquity: ancient science; the origin of chemistry; the earliest knowledge of analysis. Part 2 Knowledge of analytical chemistry in the middle ages: alchemy; knowledge of analysis; Part 3 Analytical knowledge during the period of iatrochemistry: the clarification of chemical concepts; the beginning of analysis in aqueous solutions; Robert Boyle. Part 4 The development of analytical chemistry during the phlogiston period: the phlogiston theory; the blow-pipe; further light on reactions in solution; the beginnings of gas analysis; Torbern Bergman. Part 5 The establishment of the fundamental laws of chemistry: quantitative analysis before Lavoisier; the principle of the indestructibility of matter; stoichiometry. Part 6 The period of Berzelius: the recognition of the composition of minerals; the life and personality of Berzelius; the establishment of atomic weights; the state of analytical chemistry in the age of Berzelius; the first analytical textbooks. Part 7 Further developments in qualitative and gravimetric analysis: introduction of systematic tests for the ions; gravimetric analysis; microanalysis. Part 8 Volumetric analysis: ancient history of titrimetry; from Descroizilles to Gay-Lussac; from Gay-Lussac to Mohr; Friedrich Mohr; the development of titrimetric analysis before the introduction of synthetic indicators; development of titrimetric analysis up to the present day. Part 9 Elementary organic analysis: from Lavoisier to Liebig; from Liebig to Pregl. Part 10 Electrogravimetry. Part 11 Optical methods: preliminaries of spectroscopy; Kirchhoff and Bunsen; further development of spectrum analysis; colorimetry. Part 12 The development of the theory of analytical chemistry: the development of physical chemistry; Wilhelm Ostwald; development of the concept of pH; theory of titration. Part 13 Electrometric analysis: the measurement of pH; potentiometric titration; polarography. Part 14 Other methods of analysis: radiochemical analysis: chromatography; ion exchange.
