meatheadmerlin
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I found this site for an interesting college course.
(I apologize for the long post and hope it proves interesting)
Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/ Chem 104
Of particular interest might be the following sections of the site:
Alkali
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chpotash.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cav...ww.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chmetal.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chmetal2.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chmetal3.html
Redox
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chredox.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chredox2.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chredox3.html
Sulfuric Acid
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chsaltpeter.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chsaltpeter2.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chsaltpeter3.html
There is plenty more interesting information if you poke around.
I also thought the book references might be of interest to some people here.
I copied them from here: http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/references.html
Bibliography
Primary Texts
[1] Georgius Agricola, H. Hoover, L. Hoover, De Re Metallica, 1556, 1912, 1950, Dover Publications
[2] Aristotle, The Works of Aristotle, Edited by W. D. Ross, 1908, Oxford University Press
[3] Vannoccio Biringuccio, Cyril Smith, Martha Gnudi, The Pirotechnia, 1942, The M.I.T. Press.
[4] Robert Bradbury, An Inductive Chemistry, 1912, D. Appleton & Co.
[5] E. Caley, The Stockholm Papyrus, J. Chem. Educ., 3, 1927, 992-999
[6] W. H. Carothers, Letter to Hamilton Bradshaw, November 9, 1927, Hagley Museum and Library, 1896
[7] W. H. Carothers, J. A. Arvin, Studies of Polymerization and Ring Formation II Poly-esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, American Chemical Society, 51, 2560
[8] M. Chomell, The Dictionaire Oeconomique, 1758, L. Flinn
[9] William Crookes, The Wheat Problem, 1899, G. P. Putnam's Sons
[10] Jean D'Espagnet, 1623, 1650, 1987, Hermetic Arcanum, Holmes Publishing Group, Order from Amazon.com, Internet Sacred Text Archive
[11] John Draper, Textbook on Chemistry, 1846, Harper & Brothers
[12] Claudius Galenus, Opera Omnia, 2001, Georg Olms Verlag, Order from Amazon.com, Order from Amazon.com
[13] L. W. King, Hammurabi, King of Babylonia, 1898, Internet Sacred Text Archive, Luzac & Co.
[14] Holy Bible (KJV), Internet Sacred Text Archive
[15] Homer, Samuel Butler, The Iliad of Homer, 1898, Longmans, Green, and Co.
[16] Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching, 1891, 1962, Internet Sacred Text Archive, Dover
[17] Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Robert Kerr, Elements of Chemistry, 1790, 1965, Dover
[18] Henry Leicester, Herbert Klickstein, Source Book in Chemistry, 1952, Harvard University Press
[19] Lucretius, William Ellery Leonard, On the Nature of Things, 1916, E. P. Dutton, Internet Sacred Text Archive
[20] Marie McLaughlin, Myths and Legends of the Sioux, 1916, Bismarck Tribune Company, Internet Sacred Text Archive
[21] William Noyes, Textbook of Chemistry, 1913, Henry Holt & Co.
[22] Ralph Oesper, Christian Schonbein, J. Chem. Educ., 6, 1929, 432-440
[23] Pliny, H. Rackham, Natural History, 1962, Harvard University Press
[24] William Shakespeare, The Riverside Shakespeare, Houghton Mifflin
[25] C. Smith, J. Hawthorne, Mappae Clavicula, 1974, American Philosophical Society
[26] H. Stapleton, R. Azo, M. Husain, Chemistry in Iraq and Persia in the Tenth Century A.D., Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, VIII, 1927, 317-418
[27] Theophilus, J. Hawthorne, C. Smith, On Divers Arts, 1979, Dover Publications
[28] Vitruvius, Morris Morgan, The Ten Books on Architecture, 1914, Harvard University Press
[29] Rudolf Wagner, William Crookes, Wagner's Chemical Technology, 1872, 1988, Lindsay Publications
Agencies and Organizations
[30] Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Website, 2002, U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[31] J. T. Baker Website, 2003, Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.
[32] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Website, 2002, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
[33] National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Website, 2003, National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
[34] National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Website, 2003, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
[35] NFPA Website, 2003, National Fire Protection Association
[36] Amy Spencer, Guy Colonna, 2002, Fire Protection Guide To Hazardous Materials, National Fire Protection Association
[37] NPCA Website, 2003, National Paint & Coatings Association
[38] OSHA Website, 2002, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[39] US Census Bureau Website, 2002, U.S. Census Bureau
Brewing
[40] H. Bravery, Home Brewing Without Failures, 1965, Gramercy Publishing
[41] Vincent Gingery, The Secrets of Building an Alcohol Producing Still, 1994, David Gingery
[42] Lee Janson, Brew Chem 101, Order from Amazon.com, 1996, Storey Communications
[43] Charles Papazian, The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing, Order from Amazon.com, 1991, Avon Books
Chemical Demonstrations
[44] Bassam Shakhashiri, 1983, Chemical Demonstrations, V. 1, University of Wisconsin Press
[45] Bassam Shakhashiri, 1985, Chemical Demonstrations, V. 2, University of Wisconsin Press
Electricity
[46] Paul Doherty, The Aluminum/Air Battery, 2000, The Exploratorium
[47] Alfred Morgan, The Boy Electrician, 1940, 1995, Lindsay Publications
Fireworks
[48] Thomas Perigrin, Practical Introductory Pyrotechnics, 1996, Falcon Fireworks
Glass
[49] Graham Stone, Firing Schedules for Glass, 1996, Graham Stone
[50] Keith Cummings, Techniques of Kiln-Formed Glass, 1997, University of Pennsylvania
[51] Jim Kervin, Dan Fenton, Pate de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass, 1997, GlassWear Studios
Industrial History
[52] Fred Aftalion, A History of the International Chemical Industry, 1991, University of Pennsylvania Press
[53] Ahmad al-Hassan, Donald Hill, Islamic Technology, 1986, Cambridge University Press
[54] Chemical and Engineering News, American Chemical Society, 0009-2347
[55] Cathy Cobb, Harold Goldwhite, Creations of Fire, 1995, Plenum Press
[56] Alfred Cowles, The True Story of Aluminum, 1958, Henry Regnery Company
[57] Edited by Herman Daly, Kenneth Townsend, Valuing the Earth, 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[58] F. W. Gibbs, The History of the Manufacture of Soap, Annals of Science, 1939
[59] Simon Garfield, Mauve, 2002, W. W. Norton
[60] L. F. Haber, The Chemical Industry During the Nineteenth Century, 1958, Clarendon Press
[61] L. F. Haber, The Chemical Industry: 1900-1930, 1971, Clarendon Press
[62] Matthew Hermes, Enough for One Lifetime, 1996, American Chemical Society
[63] Joseph Lambert, Traces of the Past, 1997, Perseus Books
[64] Charles Mann, Mark Plumer, The Aspirin Wars, 1991, Alfred Knopf
[65] Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Military Technology, 5.7, 1986, Cambridge University Press
[66] Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Inventions, 5.4, 1980, Cambridge University Press
[67] Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Paper and Printing, 5.1, 1985, Cambridge University Press
[68] J. R. Partington, The Alkali Industry, 1925, Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox
[69] James Partington, A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder, 1960, 1999, The Johns Hopkins University Press
[70] Naomi Rosenblum, A World History of Photography, 1997, Abbeville Press
[71] Hugh Salzberg, From Caveman to Chemist, 1991, American Chemical Society
[72] John Stillman, The Story of Early Chemistry, 1924, D. Appleton & Co.
[73] Graham Taylor, Patricia Sudnik, Du Pont and the International Chemical Industry, 1984, Twayne Publishers
[74] Anthony Travis, The Rainbow Makers, 1993, Lehigh University Press
[75] Kenneth Warren, Chemical Foundations: The Alkali Industry in Britain to 1926, 1980, Clarendon Press
[76] Trevor Williams, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, 1969, Wiley-Interscience
Memetics
[77] Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, 1976, Oxford University Press
[78] Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine, 1999, Oxford University Press
Paper
[79] Vance Studley, The Art and Craft of Handmade Paper, 1990, Dover Publications
[80] Sophie Dawson, The Art and Craft of Papermaking, 1992, Running Press, Order from Amazon.com
[81] Jules Heller, Paper-Making, 1997, Watson-Guptill
Photography
[82] Edited by John Barnier, Coming into Focus, 2000, Chronicle Books
[83] John Burk, Walter Henry, Paul Messier, Timothy Vitale, Albumen Photographs: History, Science, and Preservation, 2000, Stanford University
[84] Randall Webb, Martin Reed, Alternative Photographic Processes, 2000, Silver Pixel Press
Rocks and Minerals
[85] David Barthelmy, Mineralogy Database, 2002, Webmineral.com
[86] Alan Holden, Phylis Morrison, Crystals and Crystal Growing, 1982, MIT Press
[87] Tim Rast, Mike Melbourne, Knappers Anonymous Website, 2003, Mike Melbourne
Soap
[88] Ann Bramson, Soap: Making It, Enjoying It, 1975, Workman Publishing
[89] Susan Cavitch, The Soapmaker's Companion, 1997, Storey Publishing
[90] Catherine Failor, Making Transparent Soap, 2000, Storey Publishing
Textiles
[91] Rachel Brown, The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing Book, 1978, Alfred A. Knopf
[92] J. N. Liles, The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing, 1990, University of Tennessee Press
(I apologize for the long post and hope it proves interesting)
Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/ Chem 104
Of particular interest might be the following sections of the site:
Alkali
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chpotash.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cav...ww.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chmetal.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chmetal2.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chmetal3.html
Redox
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chredox.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chredox2.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chredox3.html
Sulfuric Acid
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chsaltpeter.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chsaltpeter2.html
http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/chsaltpeter3.html
There is plenty more interesting information if you poke around.
I also thought the book references might be of interest to some people here.
I copied them from here: http://www.cavemanchemistry.com/cavebook/references.html
Bibliography
Primary Texts
[1] Georgius Agricola, H. Hoover, L. Hoover, De Re Metallica, 1556, 1912, 1950, Dover Publications
[2] Aristotle, The Works of Aristotle, Edited by W. D. Ross, 1908, Oxford University Press
[3] Vannoccio Biringuccio, Cyril Smith, Martha Gnudi, The Pirotechnia, 1942, The M.I.T. Press.
[4] Robert Bradbury, An Inductive Chemistry, 1912, D. Appleton & Co.
[5] E. Caley, The Stockholm Papyrus, J. Chem. Educ., 3, 1927, 992-999
[6] W. H. Carothers, Letter to Hamilton Bradshaw, November 9, 1927, Hagley Museum and Library, 1896
[7] W. H. Carothers, J. A. Arvin, Studies of Polymerization and Ring Formation II Poly-esters, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1929, American Chemical Society, 51, 2560
[8] M. Chomell, The Dictionaire Oeconomique, 1758, L. Flinn
[9] William Crookes, The Wheat Problem, 1899, G. P. Putnam's Sons
[10] Jean D'Espagnet, 1623, 1650, 1987, Hermetic Arcanum, Holmes Publishing Group, Order from Amazon.com, Internet Sacred Text Archive
[11] John Draper, Textbook on Chemistry, 1846, Harper & Brothers
[12] Claudius Galenus, Opera Omnia, 2001, Georg Olms Verlag, Order from Amazon.com, Order from Amazon.com
[13] L. W. King, Hammurabi, King of Babylonia, 1898, Internet Sacred Text Archive, Luzac & Co.
[14] Holy Bible (KJV), Internet Sacred Text Archive
[15] Homer, Samuel Butler, The Iliad of Homer, 1898, Longmans, Green, and Co.
[16] Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching, 1891, 1962, Internet Sacred Text Archive, Dover
[17] Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Robert Kerr, Elements of Chemistry, 1790, 1965, Dover
[18] Henry Leicester, Herbert Klickstein, Source Book in Chemistry, 1952, Harvard University Press
[19] Lucretius, William Ellery Leonard, On the Nature of Things, 1916, E. P. Dutton, Internet Sacred Text Archive
[20] Marie McLaughlin, Myths and Legends of the Sioux, 1916, Bismarck Tribune Company, Internet Sacred Text Archive
[21] William Noyes, Textbook of Chemistry, 1913, Henry Holt & Co.
[22] Ralph Oesper, Christian Schonbein, J. Chem. Educ., 6, 1929, 432-440
[23] Pliny, H. Rackham, Natural History, 1962, Harvard University Press
[24] William Shakespeare, The Riverside Shakespeare, Houghton Mifflin
[25] C. Smith, J. Hawthorne, Mappae Clavicula, 1974, American Philosophical Society
[26] H. Stapleton, R. Azo, M. Husain, Chemistry in Iraq and Persia in the Tenth Century A.D., Mem. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, VIII, 1927, 317-418
[27] Theophilus, J. Hawthorne, C. Smith, On Divers Arts, 1979, Dover Publications
[28] Vitruvius, Morris Morgan, The Ten Books on Architecture, 1914, Harvard University Press
[29] Rudolf Wagner, William Crookes, Wagner's Chemical Technology, 1872, 1988, Lindsay Publications
Agencies and Organizations
[30] Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Website, 2002, U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
[31] J. T. Baker Website, 2003, Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc.
[32] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Website, 2002, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
[33] National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Website, 2003, National Center for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
[34] National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Website, 2003, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
[35] NFPA Website, 2003, National Fire Protection Association
[36] Amy Spencer, Guy Colonna, 2002, Fire Protection Guide To Hazardous Materials, National Fire Protection Association
[37] NPCA Website, 2003, National Paint & Coatings Association
[38] OSHA Website, 2002, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[39] US Census Bureau Website, 2002, U.S. Census Bureau
Brewing
[40] H. Bravery, Home Brewing Without Failures, 1965, Gramercy Publishing
[41] Vincent Gingery, The Secrets of Building an Alcohol Producing Still, 1994, David Gingery
[42] Lee Janson, Brew Chem 101, Order from Amazon.com, 1996, Storey Communications
[43] Charles Papazian, The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing, Order from Amazon.com, 1991, Avon Books
Chemical Demonstrations
[44] Bassam Shakhashiri, 1983, Chemical Demonstrations, V. 1, University of Wisconsin Press
[45] Bassam Shakhashiri, 1985, Chemical Demonstrations, V. 2, University of Wisconsin Press
Electricity
[46] Paul Doherty, The Aluminum/Air Battery, 2000, The Exploratorium
[47] Alfred Morgan, The Boy Electrician, 1940, 1995, Lindsay Publications
Fireworks
[48] Thomas Perigrin, Practical Introductory Pyrotechnics, 1996, Falcon Fireworks
Glass
[49] Graham Stone, Firing Schedules for Glass, 1996, Graham Stone
[50] Keith Cummings, Techniques of Kiln-Formed Glass, 1997, University of Pennsylvania
[51] Jim Kervin, Dan Fenton, Pate de Verre and Kiln Casting of Glass, 1997, GlassWear Studios
Industrial History
[52] Fred Aftalion, A History of the International Chemical Industry, 1991, University of Pennsylvania Press
[53] Ahmad al-Hassan, Donald Hill, Islamic Technology, 1986, Cambridge University Press
[54] Chemical and Engineering News, American Chemical Society, 0009-2347
[55] Cathy Cobb, Harold Goldwhite, Creations of Fire, 1995, Plenum Press
[56] Alfred Cowles, The True Story of Aluminum, 1958, Henry Regnery Company
[57] Edited by Herman Daly, Kenneth Townsend, Valuing the Earth, 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[58] F. W. Gibbs, The History of the Manufacture of Soap, Annals of Science, 1939
[59] Simon Garfield, Mauve, 2002, W. W. Norton
[60] L. F. Haber, The Chemical Industry During the Nineteenth Century, 1958, Clarendon Press
[61] L. F. Haber, The Chemical Industry: 1900-1930, 1971, Clarendon Press
[62] Matthew Hermes, Enough for One Lifetime, 1996, American Chemical Society
[63] Joseph Lambert, Traces of the Past, 1997, Perseus Books
[64] Charles Mann, Mark Plumer, The Aspirin Wars, 1991, Alfred Knopf
[65] Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Military Technology, 5.7, 1986, Cambridge University Press
[66] Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Spagyrical Discovery and Inventions, 5.4, 1980, Cambridge University Press
[67] Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China: Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Paper and Printing, 5.1, 1985, Cambridge University Press
[68] J. R. Partington, The Alkali Industry, 1925, Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox
[69] James Partington, A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder, 1960, 1999, The Johns Hopkins University Press
[70] Naomi Rosenblum, A World History of Photography, 1997, Abbeville Press
[71] Hugh Salzberg, From Caveman to Chemist, 1991, American Chemical Society
[72] John Stillman, The Story of Early Chemistry, 1924, D. Appleton & Co.
[73] Graham Taylor, Patricia Sudnik, Du Pont and the International Chemical Industry, 1984, Twayne Publishers
[74] Anthony Travis, The Rainbow Makers, 1993, Lehigh University Press
[75] Kenneth Warren, Chemical Foundations: The Alkali Industry in Britain to 1926, 1980, Clarendon Press
[76] Trevor Williams, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, 1969, Wiley-Interscience
Memetics
[77] Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, 1976, Oxford University Press
[78] Susan Blackmore, The Meme Machine, 1999, Oxford University Press
Paper
[79] Vance Studley, The Art and Craft of Handmade Paper, 1990, Dover Publications
[80] Sophie Dawson, The Art and Craft of Papermaking, 1992, Running Press, Order from Amazon.com
[81] Jules Heller, Paper-Making, 1997, Watson-Guptill
Photography
[82] Edited by John Barnier, Coming into Focus, 2000, Chronicle Books
[83] John Burk, Walter Henry, Paul Messier, Timothy Vitale, Albumen Photographs: History, Science, and Preservation, 2000, Stanford University
[84] Randall Webb, Martin Reed, Alternative Photographic Processes, 2000, Silver Pixel Press
Rocks and Minerals
[85] David Barthelmy, Mineralogy Database, 2002, Webmineral.com
[86] Alan Holden, Phylis Morrison, Crystals and Crystal Growing, 1982, MIT Press
[87] Tim Rast, Mike Melbourne, Knappers Anonymous Website, 2003, Mike Melbourne
Soap
[88] Ann Bramson, Soap: Making It, Enjoying It, 1975, Workman Publishing
[89] Susan Cavitch, The Soapmaker's Companion, 1997, Storey Publishing
[90] Catherine Failor, Making Transparent Soap, 2000, Storey Publishing
Textiles
[91] Rachel Brown, The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing Book, 1978, Alfred A. Knopf
[92] J. N. Liles, The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing, 1990, University of Tennessee Press