Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-288) and index.
Contents:
The Long Road to Staffa -- Edinburgh, London, and Paris -- Tabasheer -- Calamine -- Minium -- The Sulphuret from Huel Boys -- On the Composition of Zeolite -- Ulmin -- A Saline Substance from Mount Vesuvius -- The Colouring Matters of Some Vegetables -- ASulphuret of Lead and Arsenic, and "Plomb Gomme" -- Fibrous Copper and Capillary Metallic Tin -- Sulphate of Barium and Fluoride of Calcium -- A New Test for Arsenic, and "Smithson's Pile" -- Smithson's Lamp and the "Sappare" -- An "Aristocratic ScienceDabbler"? -- Chloride of Potassium -- Compounds of Fluorine -- Egyptian Colors -- Kirkdale Cave and Penn's Theory -- The "Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge" -- Epilogue: Who Was James Smithson?
Summary:
"An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"-- Provided by publisher.
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