Abstract
THE reading public will be grateful to Prof. Ramsay for this book, for he has explained in a simple and attractive manner the nature of the great discovery about which they have heard much and understood little; and besides telling the story of argon, he has woven it into a history of the great discoveries of the past concerning the chemistry of the atmosphere. We believe that the book will be acceptable also to more scientific people who desire to gain a clear idea of the problems connected with the new gas.
The Gases of the Atmosphere: the History of their Discovery.
By William Ramsay, Professor of Chemistry in University College, London. Pp. 240. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896.)
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S., A. The Gases of the Atmosphere: the History of their Discovery. Nature 55, 435–436 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/055435a0
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