Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Early days; 3. The Royal College of Chemistry, 1848–54; 4. Peregrinations, 1854–6; 5. The business of life, 1856–8; 6. The Chemical News, 1858–60; 7. The green line, 1860–2; 8. Slings and arrows, 1862–5; 9. The cattle plague, 1865–7; 10. Gold amalgamation, 1865–7; 11. The eclipse expedition, 1870; 12. Mysterious forces and apparitions, 1871–4; 13. The radiometer, 1874–7; 14. The fourth state of matter, 1877–9; 15. Electric lighting, 1878–89; 16. The origin of the elements, 1890; 17. The end of the century, 1892–9; 18. Diamonds, 1897–1903; 19. Radium and its rays, 1903–12; 20. The last stage, 1913–19; Index.

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This 1923 biography of Sir William Crookes (1832–1919) explores his wide-ranging scientific career through diary extracts and letters.