COAL
AND WHAT WE GET FROM IT.
A Romance of Applied Science.
EXPANDED FROM THE NOTES OF A
LECTURE
DELIVERED IN THE THEATRE OF THE
LONDON INSTITUTION, Jan.
20th.
BY
RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.R.S.,
F.I.C., &C.,
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE
FINSBURY TECHNICAL COLLEGE,
CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON
INSTITUTE.
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF THE COMMITTEE
OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND
EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN
KNOWLEDGE.
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, CHARING
CROSS, W.C.;
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.
BRIGHTON: 135, NORTH STREET. NEW
YORK: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.
TO
WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN,
Ph.D., F.R.S.,
THE FOUNDER OF THE COAL-TAR
COLOUR INDUSTRY,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE
AUTHOR. |