Title Histoire de la chimie. English

A history of the international chemical industry : From the "early days" to 2000 / Fred Aftalion ; translated by Otto Theodor Benfey ; preface by Patrick P. McCurdy.

Imprint

Philadelphia, PA : Chemical Heritage Press, 2001.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	HD9650.5 .A3813 2001	AVAILABLE
Collections Reference	HD9650.5 .A3813 2001	LIB USE ONLY

Description	xxii, 442 p. : ill., 23 cm.
Edition	2nd ed.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Subject(s)	Chemical industry -- History.
	Chemistry -- History.