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BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 40, Number 1, 2015
NOTE: This issue is now open access.
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TITLE
Author
Page
Number
REDISCOVERING PYROTARTARIC ACID: A CHEMICAL INTERPRETATION
OF THE VOLATILE SALT OF TARTAR
Guido Panzarasa
1
INTRODUCTION TO AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, "ON THE DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OF
CERTAIN CASES OF ISOMERISM" BY ALEKSANDR BUTLEROV
David E. Lewis
9
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS
“ON THE DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OF CERTAIN CASES OF ISOMERISM”
Mr. A. Boutlerow
Translated by David E. Lewis
13
WHY ISN'T NOBLE GAS CHEMISTRY 30 YEARS OLDER? THE FAILED (?) 1933 EXPERIMENT
OF YOST AND KAYE
Jay A. Labinger
29
ROBERT PERCY BARNES: FROM HARVARD TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Sibrina N. Collins
37
SCIENCE AND POLITICS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CROATIAN CHEMICAL JOURNAL
Nenad Raos
40
EARLY HISTORY OF POLYPYRROLE: THE FIRST CONDUCTING ORGANIC POLYMER
Seth C. Rasmussen
45
BOOK REVIEWS
The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side
Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa and Mary Virginia Orna;
2014
56
Great Minds: Reflections of 111 Top Scientists
Balazs Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai and Istvan Hargittai;
2014
58
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
60
BULLETIN EDITORIAL STAFF
61
HIST OFFICERS 2015
61
The Cover ... Aleksandr Butlerov, August Kekulé, Hermann Kolbe and organic structures.
See p 9.