Acid rain and the rise of the environmental chemist in nineteenth-century Britain
Introduction: Short biography and emergence of the civil scientistThe 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 nuis...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Farnham u.a.
Ashgate
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Science, technology and culture, 1700 - 1945
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Smith, Robert Angus
> Chemists
> Environmental chemistry
> History
> Acid rain
> Environmental aspects
> Sanitation
> Research
> Chemical industry
> Pollutants
> Government policy
> Environmental health
> Great Britain
> Environmental conditions
> Manchester (England)
> Biografie
> Saurer Regen
> Ökologische Chemie
> Großbritannien
> Geschichte
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Short biography and emergence of the civil scientistThe 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XV, 209 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781409457756 978-1-4094-5775-6 1409457753 1-4094-5775-3 |