Essays biographical and chemical - Ramsay, William, 1852-1916. (London : A. Constable & Co., 1908)
I. Historical essays: The early days of chemistry.- The great London chemists: I. Boyle and Cavendish. II. Davy and Graham.- Joseph Black: his life and works.- Lord Kelvin.- Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot. II. Chemical essays: How discoveries are made.- The Becquerel rays.- What is an element?- On the periodic arrangement of the elements.- Radium and its products.- What is electricity?- The aurora borealis.- The functions of a university. Oration delivered at University College, London, June 6, 1901.
"These essays ... have been delivered as lectures, or published as magazine articles at various times in the course of the last twenty-five years." Cf. Pref.
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Keywords: Universities and colleges; Auroras; Radioactivity; Chemical elements; Scientists; Chemistry -- History