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Contents: Chemists in their contexts: some recent trends in historiography A sower went forth: Joseph Priestley and the ministry of reform Davy's chemical outlook: the acid test The superiority of nature's art? Vitalism, natural theology and the rise of organic chemistry WA hler's urea and its vital force?-a verdict from the chemists Berzelius, the dualistic hypothesis, and the rise of organic chemistry Laurent, Gerhardt, and the philosophy of chemistry Organic synthesis and the unification of chemistry-a reappraisal Avogadro's hypothesis and its fate: a case-study in the failure of case-studies Doing down the Frenchies: how much credit should Kekule have given? Index.

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