Journal of the Chemical Society, Volume 93, Part 2

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Chemical Society., 1908
"Titles of chemical papers in British and foreign journals" included in Quarterly journal, v. 1-12.
 

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Page xv - Application was made to the Government Grant Committee of the Royal Society for a grant of £250 for the hire of a vessel.
Page 2246 - I induced a calico-printer to made trials of this colour, that the only report I obtained was that it was too dear, and it was not until nearly two years afterwards, when French printers put aniline purple into their patterns, that it began to interest British printers.
Page 2246 - Before the aniline purple could be introduced for dyeing woollen and mixed fabrics, some weeks were also spent at Bradford in finding out suitable methods of applying it. " Thus it will be seen that, in the case of this new colouring matter, not only had the difficulties incident to its manufacture to be grappled with, and the prejudices of the consumer overcome, but, owing to the fact that it belonged to a new class of dyestuffs.
Page 2223 - ... for example. It is impossible to foresee the extent to which Chemistry may not ultimately, in the production of things needful, supersede the present vital agencies of nature
Page 2219 - As a young chemist I was ambitious enough to wish to work on this subject of the artificial formation of natural organic compounds. Probably from reading the above remarks on the importance of forming quinine, I began to think how it might be accomplished, and was led by the then popular additive and subtractive method to the idea that it might be formed from toluidine by first adding to its composition C3H4...
Page 2238 - Society, and he was looking forward to being able to resume his research work quietly and uninterruptedly after the distractions of 1906. The illness which brought his noble and useful life to an end, which, in view of his activity, cannot but be regarded as premature, did not at first reveal any serious symptoms. The writer of this notice was with him a few hours before his death, and although he complained of suffering pain he spoke hopefully of his condition and anticipated being soon able to...
Page 2227 - The research work done during Perkin's colour-making period was carried on in a laboratory in a house just outside the Greenford factory, where also the scientific investigations in connection with the colouring matters were conducted, the double line of work already indicated being revealed by the papers published during that period. It has not been considered necessary to give a complete list of these papers in the present notice, but it will be of * Perkin and Duppa, ' Liebig's Annalen,
Page 1633 - A large part of the expenses of the present investigation were covered by a grant from the Government Grant Committee of the Royal Society, to whom I am much indebted for the help thus afforded to me.
Page 2223 - ... organic bodies, are now capable of artificial formation from their elements, and the old barrier dividing organic from inorganic bodies is broken down. To the power which mankind may ultimately exercise through the light of synthesis, who may presume to set limits ] Already natural processes can be more economically replaced by artificial ones in the formation of a few organic compounds, the 'valerianic acid,

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