The Life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S. (Paperback)

Foreword; Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Early days; 3. The Royal College of Chemistry, 1848?54; 4. Peregrinations, 1854?6; 5. The business of life, 1856?8; 6. The Chemical News, 1858?60; 7. The green line, 1860?2; 8. Slings and arrows, 1862?5; 9. The cattle plague, 1865?7; 10. Gold amalgamation, 1865?7; 11. The eclipse expedition, 1870; 12. Mysterious forces and apparitions, 1871?4; 13. The radiometer, 1874?7; 14. The fourth state of matter, 1877?9; 15. Electric lighting, 1878?89; 16. The origin of the elements, 1890; 17. The end of the century, 1892?9; 18. Diamonds, 1897?1903; 19. Radium and its rays, 1903?12; 20. The last stage, 1913?19; Index.