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090 00 HD9650.5|b.A3813 2001 
100 1  Aftalion, Fred. 
240 10 Histoire de la chimie.|lEnglish 
245 12 A history of the international chemical industry :|bFrom 
       the "early days" to 2000 /|cFred Aftalion ; translated by 
       Otto Theodor Benfey ; preface by Patrick P. McCurdy. 
250    2nd ed. 
260    Philadelphia, PA :|bChemical Heritage Press,|c2001. 
300    xxii, 442 p. :|bill.,|c23 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Prelude: From prehistory to the dawn of quantitative 
       chemistry -- 1. The first chemical manufacturers -- 2. 
       Advances in chemistry during the first half of the 
       nineteenth century -- 3. The great scientific 
       breakthroughs from 1850 to 1914 -- 4. Developments during 
       the period spanning the two world wars [1914-1945] -- 5. 
       World War II and its consequences for world chemicals -- 
       6. The new facts of world chemicals since 1973 -- 7. The 
       period of te 1990's -- Appendix: Chemical sales by 
       category. 
650  0 Chemical industry|xHistory. 
650  0 Chemistry|xHistory.