Science Versus Practice: Chemistry in Victorian Britain
Robert Bud
T. Wemyss Reid, Lyon Play fair, p. 44. 68. Playfair's proposal is noted in L. Playfair to W. Buckland, 17 October 1842, Add. MSS 40517, f. 110, British Library. For evidence of Playfair's active politicking, see L. Playfair to J. Liebig, 15 November ...