A. G. Vernon Harcourt: A Founder of Chemical Kinetics and a Friend of "Lewis Carroll.".

Shorter, John

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Publication Date: 1980-Jun

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A. G. Vernon Harcourt: A Founder of Chemical Kinetics and a Friend of "Lewis Carroll."

Shorter, John

Journal of Chemical Education, v57 n6 p411-16 Jun 1980

Outlines the life of A. G. Vernon Harcourt, a founder of chemical kinetics, contributor to the purification of coal gas from sulfur compounds, inventor of the percentage chloroform inhaler, friend to Lewis Carroll, and instructor to the Prince of Wales. (CS)

Descriptors: Biographies, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Resource Materials, Science Education, Science History, Scientists

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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