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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254152403321

Autore

Lennartson Anders

Titolo

The Chemical Works of Carl Wilhelm Scheele / / by Anders Lennartson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-58181-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 110 p. 36 illus., 15 illus. in color.)

Collana

History of Chemistry, , 2212-991X

Disciplina

925.4

Soggetti

Chemistry—History

History

Europe—History

History of Chemistry

History of Science

European History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A bibliography of Scheele's published works -- The Chemical Works of Carl Wilhelm Scheele -- Summary -- Index of names -- Index of subjects. .

Sommario/riassunto

This brief draws on the first modern book about Carl Wilhelm Scheele which was published in Swedish in 2015. Following an introduction and bibliography of Scheele’s published works, the author analyses Scheele’s publications paragraph by paragraph, explaining the procedures and the results in modern terms, and summarising and elucidating Scheele’s conclusions. Up until now the original works by Scheele have only in part been translated into English, and to get a complete view of Scheele’s work, knowledge of both Swedish and German was required. This brief opens up the important work of Carl Wilhelm Scheele to an international audience of historians of chemistry, students of history of chemistry and interested chemists. .