RAMSAY, WILLIAM.
Essays Biographical and Chemical.
Second impression. London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1909. (8)+248 p. Uncut in orig. darkblue full cloth. Lettered in gilt on spine and frontcover. Top edge gilt.
¶ William Ramsay's (1852-1916) most celebrated discoveries were made in inorganic chemistry. As early as 1885-90 he published several notable papers on the oxides of nitrogen and followed those up with the discovery of argon, helium, neon, krypton, and xenon. Led to the conclusion by different paths and, at first, without working together, both John William Strutt Rayleigh (1842-1919) and William Ramsay succeeded in proving that there must exist a previously unknown gas in the atmosphere. They subsequently worked in their separate laboratories on this problem but communicated the results of their labours almost daily. At the meeting of the British Association in August 1894, they announced the discovery of argon.
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