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Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain
- Title
- Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain / Peter Reed, Independent Historian.
- Author
- Reed, Peter, 1942-
- Publication
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT USA : Ashgate, [2014]
- ©2014
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- Description
- xv, 209 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945
- Uniform Title
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
- Subjects
- Manchester (England) > Environmental conditions > History > 19th century
- Chemical industry / Environmental aspects / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Environmental Policy > history > Great Britain
- Smith, Robert Angus / 1817-1884
- Pollutants / Government policy / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Pollutants > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Manchester (England) / Environmental conditions / History / 19th century
- Smith, Robert Angus, 1817-1884
- Acid rain > Environmental aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Acid rain / Environmental aspects / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Great Britain > Environmental conditions > History > 19th century
- Ökologische Chemie
- Great Britain / Environmental conditions / History / 19th century
- Chemists > Great Britain > Biography
- Sanitation > Research > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Chemical Industry > history > Great Britain
- History, 19th Century > Great Britain
- Chemical industry > Environmental aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Environmental health / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Environmental chemistry / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Chemistry > history > Great Britain
- Environmental chemistry > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Chemistry > Great Britain > Biography
- Acid Rain > analysis > Great Britain
- Environmental health > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Sanitation / Research / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Chemists / Great Britain / Biography
- Air Pollution > history > Great Britain
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Short biography and emergence of the civil scientist -- The influence of Graham, Playfair and Liebig on Robert Angus Smith -- Robert Angus Smith's Manchester -- Sanitary science, disinfectants and "acid rain" -- Nuisance vapours, their legal challenge, "the monster nuisance of all" -- The "civil scientist" in action -- Extension of regulation from the 1870s and the increasing health concerns -- Robert Angus Smith's legacy -- The epilogue -- Appendix 1: Robert Angus Smith bibliography.
- Call Number
- JSE 15-68
- ISBN
- 9781409457756 (hbk)
- 1409457753 (hbk)
- 9781472427205 (ebk-PDF) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781472427212 (ebk-ePUB) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013031539
- 40023904349
- OCLC
- 855264284
- Author
- Reed, Peter, 1942-
- Title
- Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain / Peter Reed, Independent Historian.
- Publisher
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT USA : Ashgate, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40023904349
- Research Call Number
- JSE 15-68