the founding and early history of chemical societies in Europe /
edited by Anita Kildebaek Nielsen and Sona Strbanova
xxiii, 404 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Special publication ;
no. 312
Includes bibliographical references and index
Austria. Austrian chemical societies in the last decades of the Habsburg monarchy, 1869-1914 -- Belgium. From industry to academia : the Belgian Chemical Society, 1887-1914 -- Czech Lands. Chemical societies as multifunctional social elements in the Czech Lands, 1866-1919 -- Denmark. Creating a Danish identity in chemistry between pharmacy and engineering, 1879-1914 -- France. The Chemical Society of France in its formative years, 1857-1914 : disciplinary identity and the struggle for unity -- Germany. Discipline, industry, profession : German chemical organizations, 1867-1914 -- Great Britainches Chemical societies and the demarcation of the British chemical community, 1870-1914 -- Hungary. Scientific community of an emancipating nation : chemical societies in Hungary before 1914 -- The Netherlands. Keeping the ranks closed : the Dutch Chemical Society, 1903-1914 -- Norway. A group of chemists in the Polytechnic Society in Christiania : the Norwegian Chemical Society, 1893-1916 -- Poland. Chemists in a divided country : the long-lasting genesis and early history of the Polish Chemical Society, 1767-1923 -- Portugal. Tackling a complex chemical equation : the Portuguese Society of Chemistry, 1911-1926 -- Russia. The formation of the Russian Chemical Society and its history until 1914 -- Sweden. The Chemical Society in Sweden : eclecticism in chemistry, 1883-1914 -- Creating networks in chemistry : some lessons learned