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Author:   Ebbe Almqvist
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.927kg
ISBN:  

9781461349624

ISBN 10:   1461349621
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   20 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. History of Gases: Introduction.- Discoveries in England by Priestley, Black, Cavendish, and Rutherford.- Sweden and Scheele.- It All Begins with Ancient Theories and Alchemy.- Paracelsus and Hydrogen Gas.- The Defense of Alchemy.- What Happened to the Newly Discovered Gases and Their Discoverers?.- The Liquefaction of Gas.- References.- 2. From Aristotle to the Birth of Modern Chemistry.- 2.1. From Aristotle to the Birth of Pneumatic Chemistry.- 2.2. The Discovery of Gases and the True Nature of Combustion.- 2.3. Biographies of the Early Pioneers in the Study of Gases.- 3. Industrial Gases: Background.- 3.1. Hydrogen: The Gas That Had a Flying Start.- 3.2. Oxygen: “Fire Air”.- 3.3. Nitrogen: “Rotten Air” and Its Challenges.- 3.4. Carbon Dioxide: Spiritus Sylvestre.- 3.5. Acetylene: The Gas That Triggered the Industrial Gas Business.- 3.6. The Noble Gases: An Inactive Family of Great Importance.- 4. The Development of Industrial Gas Technology.- 4.1. Liquefaction of Gases.- 4.2. The Path to Absolute Zero. Superconductivity.- 4.3. Development of the Production of Air Gas (1910—Ca. 1975).- 4.4. Equipment for Distribution and Storage of Gas.- 4.5. Production: Alternative Gas Separation Methods.- 5. Development of the Industrial Gas Business.- 5.1. Liquid Carbonic.- 5.2. Linde AG.- 5.3. Messer Griesheim.- 5.4. Air Liquide.- 5.5. AGA.- 5.6. British Oxygen.- 5.7. Praxair.- 5.8. Nippon Sanso.- 5.9. Air Products.- 6. Expansion of the Industrial Gas Business.- 6.1. Introduction: Origin of the Industrial Gas Business in Western Europe.- 6.2. Eastern and Central Europe.- 6.3. North America.- 6.4. South and Central America.- 6.5. Asia.- 6.6. Australia.- 6.7. Africa.- 6.8. The Development of the Modern Industrial Gas Business.- 7. How New Gas Applications wereDeveloped.- 7.1. Biology and Medicine.- 7.2. Welding and Cutting.- 7.3. Metallurgy and Combustion.- 7.4. Chemistry and the Environment.- 7.5. Energy and Fuel.- 7.6. Inerting and Cooling.- 7.7. Specialty Gases. High-Purity Gases.- 3.1. The Zeppelin Story.- 3.2. Drebbel’s Submarine.- The Lunar Society.- 3.3. Nitrogen as a raw Material for Gun Powder.- 3.4. Baths and Cures.- 3.4. Greenhouse Effect.- 3.5. Aluminum Manufacture and Its Impact on Acetylene Production.- The First Industrial Production of Calcium Carbide and Dissolved Acetylene.- 4.1. A Success Story that Ended in a Personal Disaster.- The Liquid Helium Race.- Cryoliquids.- 7.1. The Pneumatic Institute of Bristol.- The First Uses of Oxygen Cutting.- Institutional Index.- Name Index.

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""This 450-page pastiche of well-researched and well-documented vignettes, anecdotes, thumbnail sketches, and priceless illustrations and drawings is, as advertised, a marvelous excursion into the history of industrial gases. Embedded between the end papers of what might at first seem only to interest a precious few specialists are the essence of stories on hydrogen, including lighter-than-air craft and ballooning; dry ice and refrigeration; acetylene and illumination; gaslight and limelight; noble gases and the quest for absolute zero; industrial helium, superconductivity, and superfluidity; cutting and welding; rocket fuels, buzz bombs, and space travel; cryogenics, cyngas, and LPG. On and on. An impressive scientific and engineering retrospective... References are properly annotated, accurately displayed, and well represented; illustrations are appropriate and often original; the engineering drawings are more than window dressing. Empedocles and Paracelsus would be pleased... Put this in your library. It's a gas! Summing up: Essential."" (L.W. Fine, Columbia University in Choice, December 2003) ""Almqvist's book is a tour de force, which gives insight, not only into the historical development of the gas production industries, but also in new technologies, such as gas welding and cutting, rocket propulsion, biological and medical applications. In addition the author lets us meet the scientists and entrepreneurs whose worl lies behind all this. A well researched book in the best tradition of the Newcomen Society."" (Jan Hault)    

This 450-page pastiche of well-researched and well-documented vignettes, anecdotes, thumbnail sketches, and priceless illustrations and drawings is, as advertised, a marvelous excursion into the history of industrial gases. Embedded between the end papers of what might at first seem only to interest a precious few specialists are the essence of stories on hydrogen, including lighter-than-air craft and ballooning; dry ice and refrigeration; acetylene and illumination; gaslight and limelight; noble gases and the quest for absolute zero; industrial helium, superconductivity, and superfluidity; cutting and welding; rocket fuels, buzz bombs, and space travel; cryogenics, cyngas, and LPG. On and on. An impressive scientific and engineering retrospective... References are properly annotated, accurately displayed, and well represented; illustrations are appropriate and often original; the engineering drawings are more than window dressing. Empedocles and Paracelsus would be pleased... Put this in your library. It's a gas! Summing up: Essential. (L.W. Fine, Columbia University in Choice, December 2003) Almqvist's book is a tour de force, which gives insight, not only into the historical development of the gas production industries, but also in new technologies, such as gas welding and cutting, rocket propulsion, biological and medical applications. In addition the author lets us meet the scientists and entrepreneurs whose worl lies behind all this. A well researched book in the best tradition of the Newcomen Society. (Jan Hault)

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