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Lothar Meyer’s Pathway to Periodicity
Alan J. Rocke
Pages: 265-302
Published online: 23 Oct 2019
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Humphry Davy’s Early Chemical Knowledge, Theory and Experiments: An Edition of His 1798 Manuscript, “An Essay on Heat and the Combinations of Light” from The Royal Institution of Cornwall, Courtney Library, MS DVY/2
Frank A. J. L. James
Pages: 303-345
Published online: 10 Nov 2019
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A German Partington
Geschichte der Chemie. Band I – Altertum, Mittelalter, 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert. Band II – 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. By Jost Weyer. Vol. I, Pp. xiv + 576, illus., index; vol. II,Pp. x + 461, illus., index. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. 2018. Vol. I, £74.00 (e-book £58.99); vol. II, £74.00 (e-book £58.99). ISBN: 978-3-662-55797-6; 978-3-662-55801-0.
William H. Brock
Pages: 346-352
Published online: 25 Mar 2019
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Nitrogen Capture: The Growth of an International Industry (1900–1940)
By Anthony S. Travis. Pp. xxi + 411, illus., index. Springer: Cham. 2018. £150. ISBN: 978-3-319-68962-3.
Erland Mårald
Pages: 353-354
Published online: 01 Mar 2019
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Metals, Minds and Mobility: Integrating Scientific Data with Archaeological Theory
Edited by Xosé-Lois Armada, Mercedes Murillo-Barroso, and Mike Charlton. Pp. 191, illus., index. Oxbow Books: Oxford and Philadelphia. 2018. £48.00. ISBN: 9781785709050.
Laura Perucchetti
Pages: 354-356
Published online: 08 Mar 2019
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Recipes and Everyday Knowledge: Medicine, Science, and the Household in Early Modern England
By Elaine Leong. Pp. 281, illus., index. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 2018. £40.00 (cloth), £25.00 (paperback). ISBN: 978-0-226-58349-5 (cloth) 978-0-226-58366-2 (paperback).
Katherine Allen
Pages: 356-358
Published online: 08 Mar 2019
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Das Erbe des Nikolaus von Kues im Spiegel der Alchemie
By Witalij Morosow. Pp. 268, illus., index. Aschendorff: Münster. 2018. €39.00. ISBN: 978-3-402-16005-3.
Stefan Laube
Pages: 358-360
Published online: 22 Mar 2019
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When Historiography Met Epistemology: Sophisticated Histories and Philosophies of Science in French-speaking Countries in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
By Stefano Bordoni. Pp. 335, index. Brill: Leiden. 2017. £130.00. ISBN 978-90-04-31522-8
Matteo Vagelli
Pages: 360-362
Published online: 22 Mar 2019
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Le Patrimoine Industriel de la Chimie. A Special Issue of Patrimoine Industriel – Archéologie – Technique – Mémoire, no. 69
By Florence Hachez-Leroy. Pp. 152, illus. Cilac: Paris. 2016. £22.00. ISSN: 0220-5521.
Ernst Homburg
Pages: 362-364
Published online: 19 Mar 2019
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The Alchemist in Literature: From Dante to the Present
By Theodore Ziolkowski. Pp. 237 + x, illus., index. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2015. £74.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-874683-6.
Howard G. Barth
Pages: 364-365
Published online: 20 Mar 2019
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Mendeleev to Oganesson: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Periodic Table
Edited by Eric Scerri and Guillermo Restrepo. Pp. 328, illus., index. Oxford University Press: New York. 2018. £80.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-066853-2.
Karoliina Pulkkinen
Pages: 365-367
Published online: 21 May 2019
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Rubber and the Making of Vietnam: An Ecological History, 1897–1975
By Michitake Aso. Pp. 405+xvii, illus., index. The University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill. 2018. £70 (hardcover), £25.30 (paperback), £18.40 (ebook). ISBN: 978-1-4696-3714-3 (hardcover), 978-1-4696-3715-0 (paperback), 978-1-4696-3716-7 (ebook).
William G. Clarence-Smith
Pages: 367-368
Published online: 02 May 2019
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La farmacia granducale di Firenze
By Giovanni Piccardi. Pp. 131, illus., index. Leo S. Olschki: Florence. 2018. £17.00. ISBN 978-8-82-226566-1.
Sheila Barker
Pages: 368-369
Published online: 25 Apr 2019
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Announcement

Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Award Scheme 2020
Pages: 370-371
Published online: 24 Nov 2019
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