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