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Author:

Rowlinson, J. S. (John Shipley), 1926-

Title:

Sir James Dewar, 1842-1923 : a ruthless chemist / J.S. Rowlinson.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xviii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Dewar, James,--1842-1923.
Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.--Biography.
Inventors--Great Britain--Biography.--Biography.
Science--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Science--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Nomenclature and Units -- Abbreviations -- Boyhood -- Edinburgh -- Cambridge -- Demonstrators -- Spectroscopy -- London -- Commerce -- Cryogenics -- Early experiments -- The vacuum flask -- Interchangers -- Joule-Thomson cooling -- Liquid hydrogen -- Cryogenic experiments -- Argon and Helium -- Davy Faraday Research Laboratory -- Decline -- Chronology -- Appendix.

Series:

Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945

ISBN:

1409406148 (ebook)
9781409406143 (ebook)
140940613X (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781409406136 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)778636614

LCCN:

2012005199

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)