The Gases Of The Atmosphere: The History Of Their Discovery. Fourth Edition (With New Chapter On Radium Emissions)

Ramsay, Sir William

Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1915

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306 Pp. + 2 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Ribbed Cloth, Gilt. This 4Th Edition Has A New Chapter Added On Radium Emissions. First Printing, With 1915 Date On Title Page. Gilt Bright Endpapers Showing Some Browning. Wear At Edges, Fraying At All Corners. Hinges Tight, Contents Clean, Small Brentano's Label On Front Free Endpaper. Per Wikjipedia, Sir William Ramsay Kcb Frs Frse ( 1852 ? 1916) Was A Scottish Chemist Who Discovered The Noble Gases And Received The Nobel Prize In Chemistry In 1904 "In Recognition Of His Services In The Discovery Of The Inert Gaseous Elements In Air" Along With His Collaborator, John William Strutt, 3Rd Baron Rayleigh, Who Received The Nobel Prize In Physics That Same Year For Their Discovery Of Argon. After The Two Men Identified Argon, Ramsay Investigated Other Atmospheric Gases. His Work In Isolating Argon, Helium, Neon, Krypton And Xenon Led To The Development Of A New Section Of The Periodic Table. William Ramsay Formed Pyridine In 1876 From Acetylene And Hydrogen Cyanide In An Iron-Tube Furnace In What Was The First Synthesis Of A Heteroaromatic Compound. In 1887 He Succeeded Alexander Williamson As The Chair Of Chemistry At University College London (Ucl). It Was Here At Ucl That His Most Celebrated Discoveries Were Made. As Early As 1885?1890 He Published Several Notable Papers On The Oxides Of Nitrogen, Developing The Skills That He Needed For His Subsequent Work. On The Evening Of 19 April 1894 Ramsay Attended A Lecture Given By Lord Rayleigh. Rayleigh Had Noticed A Discrepancy Between The Density Of Nitrogen Made By Chemical Synthesis And Nitrogen Isolated From The Air By Removal Of The Other Known Components. After A Short Conversation He And Ramsay Decided To Investigate This. In August Ramsay Told Rayleigh He Had Isolated A New, Heavy Component Of Air, Which Did Not Appear To Have Any Chemical Reactivity. He Named This Inert Gas "Argon", From The Greek Word Meaning "Lazy".[2] In The Following Years, Working With Morris Travers, He Discovered Neon, Krypton, And Xenon. He Also Isolated Helium, Which Had Only Been Observed In The Spectrum Of The Sun, And Had Not Previously Been Found On Earth. In 1910 He Isolated And Characterized Radon.In 1904 Ramsay Received The Nobel Prize In Chemistry. Ramsay's Standing Among Scientists Led Him To Become An Adviser To The Indian Institute Of Science. He Suggested Bangalore As The Location For The Institute.

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• Title: The Gases Of The Atmosphere: The History Of Their Discovery. Fourth Edition (With New Chapter On Radium Emissions)
• Publisher: Macmillan and Co, London
• Publication Date: 1915
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Plates
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Good
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