A History of the Concept of Valency to 1930 by W.G. Palmer (English) Paperback B

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Originally published in 1965, this book preserves the historical outlook of the different chronological stages to the development of the concept of valency by including extracts from the publications of the most influential scientists. Biographical notes and references are included and quotations from German are accompanied by an English translation.

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The development of the concept of valency has provided one of the major unifying contributions to the growth of chemistry as a science. The study of its history is therefore of the greatest interest to all chemists and historians of chemistry. After 1930, wave mechanics provided a firm theoretical basis for the arbitrary postulates on which conceptions of atomic structure previously rested and this account, which was originally published in 1965, does not go beyond that point. Dr Palmer preserves the historical outlook of the different chronological stages by including extracts from the publications of the most influential scientists, in the nomenclature and terminology of their time; quotations from German are however accompanied by an English translation. Biographical notes and references help to bring alive the personalities of the scientists and to increase the appeal of the book to those who are not professional chemists or historians of science.j

Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviated titles; Introduction; 1. Dalton and Wollaston: early notions of chemical combination; 2. Berzelius: the dualistic theory; 3. Frankland, Couper and Kekule: valency as an explicit doctrine; 4. Newlands, Mendeleef and L. Meyer: the incorporation of valency in a chemical system; 5. Pasteur, Le Bel and Van't Hoff: valency as a directional property; 6. Arrhenius: ions and the concept of electrovalency; 7. Werner: a new type of valency; 8. Valency in the twentieth century; Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

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Dr Palmer examines the chronological stages to the development of the concept of valency up to 1930.

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Originally published in 1965, this book preserves the historical outlook of the different chronological stages to the development of the concept of valency by including extracts from the publications of the most influential scientists. Biographical notes and references are included and quotations from German are accompanied by an English translation.

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Originally published in 1965, this book preserves the historical outlook of the different chronological stages to the development of the concept of valency by including extracts from the publications of the most influential scientists. Biographical notes and references are included and quotations from German are accompanied by an English translation.

Details ISBN0521148146 Author W.G. Palmer Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2010 ISBN-10 0521148146 ISBN-13 9780521148146 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 541.224 Pages 188 Short Title HIST OF THE CONCEPT OF VALENCY Language English Media Book Publication Date 2010-06-03 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2010-06-03 AU Release Date 2010-06-03 NZ Release Date 2010-06-03 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises We've got this

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