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Sir James Dewar, 1842-1923 : a ruthless chemist /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowlinson, J. S. (John Shipley), 1926-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
Series:Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
Subjects:
Dewar, James, > 1842-1923.
Chemists > Great Britain > Biography.
Inventors > Great Britain > Biography.
Science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Science > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.