CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xv
5. INTRODUCTION: THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF MORRIS LOEB xvii
6. PART I. LECTURES, ADDRESSES, AND REVIEWS
7. THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS OP PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 3
8. OSMOTIC PRESSURE AND THE DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR WEIGHTS 21
9. ELECTROLYTIC DISSOCIATION: A REVIEW OP THE HYPOTHESIS OF SVANTE ARRHENIUS 30
10. A BRIEF REVIEW OF WILHELM OSTWALD’S “GRUNDRISS DER ALLGEMEINEN CHEMIE” 45
11. THE PROVINCE OF A GREAT ENDOWMENT FOR RESEARCH 46
12. ATOMS AND MOLECULES 50
13. HYPOTHESIS OF RADIANT MATTER 64
14. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE OVERSEERS TO VISIT THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE 78
15. THE CONDITIONS AFFECTING CHEMISTRY IN NEW YORK 93
16. SIR ISAAC NEWTON 101
17. OLIVER WOLCOTT GIBBS 108
18. THE CHEMISTS’ CLUB, NEW YORK 118
19. THE CHEMISTS’ BUILDING 121
20. ADDRESS AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHEMISTS' BUILDING COMPANY ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE CHEMISTS' BUILDING, MARCH 17, 1911 128
21. THE COAL–TAR COLORS 132
22. THE PERIODIC LAW 143
23. THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY 152
24. CHEMISTRY. AND CIVILIZATION 156
25. PART II. ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS
26. UEBER DIE EINWIRKUNG VON PHOSGEN AUF AETHENYLDIPHENYLDIAMIN 169
27. UEBER AMIDINDERIVATE 171
28. DAS PHOSGEN UND SEINE ABKÖMMLINGE NEBST EINIGEN BEITRÄGEN ZU DEREN KENNTNISS 177
29. DAS PHOSGEN LITTERATUR-VERZEICHNISS 205
30. THE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF IODINE IN ITS SOLUTIONS 230
31. UEBER DEN MOLEKULARZUSTAND DES GELÖESTEN JODS 239
32. THE USE OF ANILINE AS AN ABSORBENT OF CYANOGEN IN GAS ANALYSIS 248
33. ZUR KINETIK DER IN LÖSUNG BEFINDLICHEN KÖRPERN 251
34. THE RATES OF TRANSFERENCE AND THE CONDUCTING POWER OF CERTAIN SILVER SALTS 273
35. THE USE OF THE GOOCH CRUCIBLE AS A SILVER VOLTAMETERS 293
36. IS CHEMICAL ACTION AFFECTED BY MAGNETISM? 295
37. APPARATUS FOR THE DELINEATION OF CURVED SURFACES, IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROPERTIES OF GASES, ETC. 306
38. NOTE ON THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF SODIUM IODIDE FROM ALCOHOLS 308
39. THE VAPOR FRICTION OF ISOMERIC ETHERS 310
40. ANALYSIS OF SOME BOLIVIAN BRONZES 312
41. STUDIES IN THE SPEED OF REDUCTIONS 314
42. APPENDIX 319
43. INDEX OF NAMES 343