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- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD BY SIR OLIVER LODGE, F.R.S
- Preface
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II EARLY DAYS
- CHAPTER III THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY, 1848-54
- CHAPTER IV PEREGRINATIONS, 1854-6
- CHAPTER V THE BUSINESS OF LIFE, 1856-8
- CHAPTER VI THE “CHEMICAL NEWS,” 1858-60
- CHAPTER VII THE GREEN LINE, 1860-2
- CHAPTER VIII SLINGS AND ARROWS, 1862-5
- CHAPTER IX THE CATTLE PLAGUE, 1865-7
- CHAPTER X GOLD AMALGAMATION, 1865-7
- CHAPTER XI THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION, 1870
- CHAPTER XII MYSTERIOUS FORCES AND APPARITIONS, 1871-4
- CHAPTER XIII THE RADIOMETER, 1874-7
- CHAPTER XIV THE FOURTH STATE OF MATTER, 1877-9
- CHAPTER XV ELECTRIC LIGHTING, 1878-89
- CHAPTER XVI THE ORIGIN OF THE ELEMENTS, 1890
- CHAPTER XVII THE END OF THE CENTURY, 1892-9
- CHAPTER XVIII DIAMONDS, 1897-1903
- CHAPTER XIX RADIUM AND ITS RAYS, 1903-12
- CHAPTER XX THE LAST STAGE, 1913-19
- INDEX
CHAPTER IV - PEREGRINATIONS, 1854-6
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD BY SIR OLIVER LODGE, F.R.S
- Preface
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II EARLY DAYS
- CHAPTER III THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY, 1848-54
- CHAPTER IV PEREGRINATIONS, 1854-6
- CHAPTER V THE BUSINESS OF LIFE, 1856-8
- CHAPTER VI THE “CHEMICAL NEWS,” 1858-60
- CHAPTER VII THE GREEN LINE, 1860-2
- CHAPTER VIII SLINGS AND ARROWS, 1862-5
- CHAPTER IX THE CATTLE PLAGUE, 1865-7
- CHAPTER X GOLD AMALGAMATION, 1865-7
- CHAPTER XI THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITION, 1870
- CHAPTER XII MYSTERIOUS FORCES AND APPARITIONS, 1871-4
- CHAPTER XIII THE RADIOMETER, 1874-7
- CHAPTER XIV THE FOURTH STATE OF MATTER, 1877-9
- CHAPTER XV ELECTRIC LIGHTING, 1878-89
- CHAPTER XVI THE ORIGIN OF THE ELEMENTS, 1890
- CHAPTER XVII THE END OF THE CENTURY, 1892-9
- CHAPTER XVIII DIAMONDS, 1897-1903
- CHAPTER XIX RADIUM AND ITS RAYS, 1903-12
- CHAPTER XX THE LAST STAGE, 1913-19
- INDEX
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- The Life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S. , pp. 28 - 33Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1923