Toc: Content: Inside Front Cover, Page iiFront Matter, Page iiiCopyright, Page ivForeword, Page vThe Spirit of Chemistry, Page 7Acknowledgments, Page 9RICHARD ABEGG: 1869–1910, Page 11SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS ABEL: 1827–1902, Page 12ALBERTUS MAGNUS: 1193–1280, Page 13ANDRE MARIE AMPÈRE: 1775–1836, Page 14HENRY EDWARD ARMSTRONG: 1848–1937, Page 15SVANTE AUGUST ARRHENIUS: 1859–1927, Page 16KARL FRIEDRICH VON AUWERS: 1863–1939, Page 17AMADEO AVOGADRO: 1776–1856, Page 18FRANCIS BACON, BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS: 1561–1626, Page 19FRIAR ROGER BACON: 1214–1294 (circa), Page 20ADOLF VON BAEYER: 1835–1917, Page 21ANTOINE JEROME BALARD: 1802–1876, Page 22JOHANN JOACHIM BECHER: 1635–1682, Page 23ERNST OTTO BECKMANN: 1853–1923, Page 24HENRI ANTOINE BECQUEREL: 1852–1908, Page 25FRIEDRICH BEILSTEIN: 1838–1906, Page 26TORBERN OLOF BERGMAN: 1735–1784, Page 27MARCELLIN PIERRE EUGÈNE BERTHELOT: 1827–1907, Page 28CLAUDE LOUIS BERTHOLLET: 1748–1822, Page 29JÖNS JAKOB BERZELIUS: 1779–1848, Page 30SIR HENRY BESSEMER: 1813–1898, Page 31SIR HENRY BESSEMER: 1813–1898, Page 32JOSEPH BLACK: 1728–1799, Page 33HERMAN BOERHAAVE: 1668–1738, Page 34PAUL ÉMILE LECOQ DE BOISBAUDRAN: 1838–1912, Page 35JEAN BAPTISTE BOUSSINGAULT: 1802–1887, Page 36ROBERT BOYLE: 1627–1691, Page 37WILLIAM HENRY BRAGG: 1862–1942, Page 38JULIUS WILHELM BRÜHL: 1850–1911, Page 39HEINRICH VON BRUNCK: 1847–1911, Page 40CORNELIS ADRIAAN LOBRY DE BRUYN: 1857–1904, Page 41EDUARD BUCHNER: 1860–1917, Page 42ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN: 1811–1899, Page 43AUGUSTE THOMAS CAHOURS: 1813–1891, Page 44STANISLAO CANNIZZARO: 1826–1910, Page 45HEINRICH CARO: 1834–1910, Page 46HENRY CAVENDISH: 1731–1810, Page 47JEAN ANTOINE CHAPTAL, COMTE DE CHANTELOUP: 1756–1832, Page 48MICHEL EUGÈNE CHEVREUL: 1786–1889, Page 49GIACOMO CIAMICIAN: 1857–1922, Page 50PER THEODOR CLEVE: 1840–1905, Page 51JAMES MASON CRAFTS: 1839–1917, Page 52SIR WILLIAM CROOKES: 1832–1919, Page 53SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, Page 54MADAME MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE: 1867–1934, Page 55MONSIEUR AND MADAME CURIE, Page 56THEODOR CURTIUS: 1857–1928, Page 57LOUIS JACQUES MANDÉ DAGUERRE: 1789–1851, Page 58JOHN DALTON: 1766–1844, Page 59JOHN DALTON COLLECTING “FIRE MARSH GAS”, Page 60JEAN DARCET: 1725–1801, Page 61JEAN PIERRE JOSEPH DARCET: 1777–1844, Page 62SIR HUMPHRY DAVY: 1778–1829, Page 63CONTEMPORANEOUS CARICATURE OF A LECTURE AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION IN 1802, Page 64HENRY DEACON: 1822–1876, Page 65HENRI JULES DEBRAY: 1827–1888, Page 66JOHN DEE: 1527–1608, Page 67JOHN DEE'S CRYSTAL AND WAX SEAL, Page 68RUDOLPH II VISITS THE LABORA