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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
 
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