Acid Rain and the Rise of the Environmental Chemist in Nineteenth-century Britain : The Life and Work of Robert Angus Smith (Hardcover, New ed)

Contents: Introduction: short biography and emergence of the civil scientist; The influence of Graham, Liebig and Playfair on Robert Angus Smith; Robert Angus Smith’s Manchester; Sanitary science, disinfectants and ’acid rain’; Nuisance vapours, ’the monster nuisance of all’ and their legal challenge; The ’civil scientist’ in action; Extension of regulation from the 1870s and increasing health concerns; Robert Angus Smith’s legacy; Epilogue; Bibliographies; Index.