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  • Couper, Scott

    Lingua: Inglese

    Editore: University of Kwazulu Natal Press, 2010

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    Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

  • Rood, David A.; Couper, Scott E. (EDT)

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    Editore: ATF Press, 2018

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  • Rood, David A.; Couper, Scott E. (EDT)

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  • Rood, David A.; Couper, Scott E. (EDT)

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  • Rood, David A.; Couper, Scott E. (EDT)

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  • Rood, David A.; Couper, Scott E. (EDT)

    Lingua: Inglese

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  • Rood, David A.; Couper, Scott E. (EDT)

    Lingua: Inglese

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  • Couper, Archibald Scott

    Editore: E. & S. Livingstone, Edinburgh

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    1953. (12mo, wrappers) Near fine. 45pp. Alembic Club Reprint No.21.

  • Couper, Archibald Scott:

    Lingua: Tedesco

    Editore: Leipzig Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1911

    Da: Antiquariat Bookfarm, Löbnitz, Germania

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    Hardcover. 40 y08568 Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel in gutem Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

  • COUPER, Archibald Scott

    Lingua: Tedesco

    Editore: Engelmann, Leipzig, 1911

    Da: Antiquariat Renner OHG, Albstadt, Germania

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Gut. Hrsg. von Richard Anschütz. Lpz., Engelmann 1911. 1 Bildnis. 40 S. OPp. (Signatur aus Rücken).- Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften, 183.- DSB, III, 449.- Gestemplete Bibliotheksdublette, gut erhalten.

  • COUPER, [Archibald Scott]

    Lingua: Francese

    Editore: Comptes Rendus, 1858

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. COUPER, [Archibald Scott]. RECHERCHES SUR L'ACIDE SALICYLIQUE and SUR UNE NOUVELLE THÉORIEssues , 1858 pp. 1157-1160 and pp. 1107-1110. The pages of the 14 June issue show some ageing and maybe mild foxing Discovery of key principles underlying organic chemistry]. Paris: Mallett-Bachelier, 1858. A Very Good++ hardback in custom blue green buckram binding with gilt lettering spine, with foxing. 4to. Hardcover. Very Good+ His other experimental paper, on salicylic acid, was published in 1858. Early in 1858 Couper asked Wurtz to have presented before the French Academy of Sciences a paper entitled "On a New Chemical Theory." Wurtz, not a member of the Academy, procrastinated before finding someone to present it. In the intervening period Kekule's paper, dated 19 May 1858, appeared in Liebig's Annalen. Couper's paper - on essentially the same topic - was presented to the French Academy by J. B. A. Dumas in June and was published soon thereafter. Kekule attacked the paper almost immediately, claiming priority and greater significance for his own work. Couper, at the same time as F. A. Kekule and independently of him, introduced principles that underlie the modern structural theory of organic chemistry [e. g. linking of tetravalent carbon into chains forming large molecules and deducing the bonding order of atoms in molecules from chemical evidence] . He also introduced into organic chemistry lines to represent valence bonds in chemical formulas. All his papers were published in barely over a year, after which ill health terminated his scientific career. (DSB Vol. 3, p. 448).

  • Couper, Archibald Scott (Verf.); Anschütz, Richard (Hrsg.)

    Lingua: Tedesco

    Editore: Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1911., 1911

    Da: Antiquariat Stefan Wulf, Berlin, Germania

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    Kl.-Oktav (190 x 120 mm), Org.-Pappband, mit einem Porträt-Frontispiz, 40 S., umseitig farbiger Schnitt, sehr leichte Gebrauchspuren, aber insgesamt gut erhalten. [Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften; 183]. - - [604 | SOD | ] 100 g.

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    Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. COUPER, A. S.(Archibald Scott). "A New Theory (that) Revolutionized Organic Chemistry"--Michael Sutton, "A Forgotten Triumph" in ChemistryWorld online.  [++] "Sur une nouvelle Théorie cimique. (Note présentée par M.Dumas) (On a New Chemical Theory")." AND "Reserches sur l'acide salicylique" BOTH Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1858. In: Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences, volume 46, No 23 and No 24, pp1079-1122 and 1121-1173 in two full issues with Couper's papers on pp. 1107-1110 and the bigger paper on 1157-1160. Extracted without wrappers from a larger volume nice, tidy, crisp copy. The New Theory of Chemistry paper is a foundation work introducing key concepts in developing orgchem, also introducing the dotted line and lines to represent the new concept of bonds--it was "a new theory that revolutionized organic chemistry"--Michael Sutton, "A Forgotten Triumph" in ChemistryWorld online. [++] "After moving to Paris in August 1856, Couper (1831 -1892) engaged in independent research in the laboratory of Charles Adolphe Wurtz. His first publication on the bromination of benzene appeared in August 1857. His other experimental paper, on salicylic acid, was published in 1858. Early in 1858 Couper asked Wurtz to have presented before the French Academy of Sciences a paper entitled "On a New Chemical Theory" [the paper offered here]. Wurtz, not a member of the Academy, procrastinated before finding someone to present it. In the intervening period Kekulé s paper, dated 19 May 1858, appeared in Liebig's Annalen. Couper's paper on essentially the same topic was presented to the French Academy by J. B. A. Dumas in June and was published soon thereafter. Kekulé attacked the paper almost immediately, claiming priority and greater significance for his own work. He also questioned Couper's researches on salicylic acid and, since Couper never answered, his name was long forgotten. Couper complained to Wurtz about the delay in presenting his paper and was asked to leave the laboratory. He returned to Scotland in the fall of 1858 and accepted a position as second laboratory assistant to Lyon Playfair, professor of chemistry at Edinburgh University. Soon after beginning his duties he suffered a mental breakdown, underwent treatment, apparently recovered, and went on a fishing expedition, during which, reportedly due to extended exposure to the sun, his illness returned. He never fully recovered and lived in retirement for the remaining thirty-four years of his life."--"Couper, Archibald Scott." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography online, vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008, pp. 448-450 (paper version). [++] A longer version (20pp) of this paper would appear shortly after this publication (still in 1858) in the Annales de Chimie et de Physique. [++] "In 1858 August Kekulé (1829 1896) and Archibald Scott Couper (1831 1892), two young men from different backgrounds, independently recognized that carbon atoms can link directly to one another to form carbon chains. This finding explained the very multiplicity of carbon compounds that had been puzzling chemists. The discovery by these two scientists depended on Kekulé s theory, proposed in 1857, that carbon is tetravalent, valence being defined at the time as the combining capacity of atoms of the various elements. Couper, in his paper [offered here] and in another paper on salicylic acid that appeared earlier in 1858 [also offered here] indicated valence bonds as straight lines linking the symbols for the elements, which is still the practice in most modern structural diagrams." --Science History Institute online [++] (In 1858) Couper publishes symbolic formulae for chemical compounds, illustrating the linking of constituent atoms by dotted lines connecting the respective atomic symbols. Although the dotted lines are later replaced by solid lines, the general scheme gains gradual acceptance."--Claire Parkinson, Breakthroughs, p. 350.

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    Leatherbound. Condizione: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 50. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1911 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: German Pages: 50.

  • COUPER, [Archibald Scott].

    Da: Brainbooks, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.

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    Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. In: Comptes Rendus, January-June, 1858 pp. 1157-1160 and pp. 1107-1110. [ Discovery of key principles underlying organic chemistry]. Paris: Mallett-Bachelier, 1858. A Very Good++ hardback entire issue of Comptes Rendus in blue green buckram binding with gilt lettering spine, with foxing. 4to. Hardcover. Very Good++.His other experimental paper, on salicylic acid, was published in 1858. Early in 1858 Couper asked Wurtz to have presented before the French Academy of Sciences a paper entitled "On a New Chemical Theory." Wurtz, not a member of the Academy, procrastinated before finding someone to present it. In the intervening period Kekule's paper, dated 19 May 1858, appeared in Liebig's Annalen. Couper's paper - on essentially the same topic - was presented to the French Academy by J. B. A. Dumas in June and was published soon thereafter. Kekule attacked the paper almost immediately, claiming priority and greater significance for his own work. Couper, at the same time as F. A. Kekule and independently of him, introduced principles that underlie the modern structural theory of organic chemistry [e. g. linking of tetravalent carbon into chains forming large molecules and deducing the bonding order of atoms in molecules from chemical evidence] . He also introduced into organic chemistry lines to represent valence bonds in chemical formulas. All his papers were published in barely over a year, after which ill health terminated his scientific career. (DSB Vol. 3, p. 448). . //// DW ////Ask for pictures. //// DW ////Ask for pictures.

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    Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Paris Mallett-Bachelier 1858 A Very Good++ hardback entire issue of Comptes Rendus in blue green buckram binding with gilt lettering spine, with foxing. 4to. Very Good++ His other experimental paper, on salicylic acid, was published in 1858. Early in 1858 Couper asked Wurtz to have presented before the French Academy of Sciences a paper entitled "On a New Chemical Theory." Wurtz, not a member of the Academy, procrastinated before finding someone to present it. In the intervening period Kekule's paper, dated 19 May 1858, appeared in Liebig's Annalen. Couper's paper - on essentially the same topic - was presented to the French Academy by J. B. A. Dumas in June and was published soon thereafter. Kekule attacked the paper almost immediately, claiming priority and greater significance for his own work. Couper, at the same time as F. A. Kekule and independently of him, introduced principles that underlie the modern structural theory of organic chemistry [e. g. linking of tetravalent carbon into chains forming large molecules and deducing the bonding order of atoms in molecules from chemical evidence] . He also introduced into organic chemistry lines to represent valence bonds in chemical formulas. All his papers were published in barely over a year, after which ill health terminated his scientific career. (DSB Vol. 3, p. 448).

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    1st Edition. In Volume 52, FIRST EDITION OF "THE BEGINNING OF BACTERIOLOGY AS A MODERN SCIENCE," Louis Pasteur and "the first demonstration of the connection between a specific fermentation and the activity of a specific living micro-organism (Garrison-Morton 2472). In Volume 53, Archibald Scott Couper's paper is a seminal work in organic chemistry. Three volumes bound as one. PASTEUR: At the request of a vintner from the north of France, Pasteur began to examine why alcohol becomes contaminated with undesirable substances during fermentation. Pasteur saw fermentation as a biological process and soon demonstrated that each sort of fermentation is linked to the existence of a specific microorganism or ferment -- a living being that can be studied by cultivation in an appropriate, sterile medium. This insight is the fundamental basis of microbiology, and it delivered the fatal blow to the doctrine of spontaneous generation, the theory held for twenty centuries that life could arise spontaneously in organic materials. "Pasteur's first paper on fermentation contains most of the central theoretical and methodological features of his biological theory of fermentation, in particular the concept of fermentation as a product of the growth of yeast, the idea that air is a source of microscopic yeasts and other micro-organisms, and the notion of specificity, in which each fermentation could be traced to a specific micro-organism" (Dibner, Heralds 198). This paper went through near simultaneous publication in Annales de chimie et de physique, offered here, the Memoires de la Societe des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts and a much-abridged version that appeared in Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences in 1857. COUPER: Couper was one of the founders of modern structural chemistry and the first chemist to use modern structural formulae. In this paper, Couper recognized that carbon atoms can link to each other to form chains. Prior to this thinking, it was believed that molecules could only have one central atom. Couper's idea made it much easier to explain the multitude of organic compounds that were being discovered. "The significance of Couper's new theory resides in two assertions. The first was that the combining power of carbon (later known as its valency) was normally four. Couper was aware that carbon could sometimes exhibit a combining power of two, for example in carbon monoxide. Couper's second and more radical assertion was that carbon could â??enter into chemical union with itself' - its atoms joining together in long chains" (ibid., 47). REFERENCES: Garrison-Morton 2472; Horblit, One Hundred Books Famous in Science, 82,;Dibner, Heralds 198. CONDITION & DETAILS: Paris: Victor Masson. (Volume 52 is offered here in its entirety) bound with volumes 53 and 54 (which contain many important papers on electricity). Ex-libris with NO spine markings and very minimal interior markings (small stamp on title page and blank front flyleaf). 8vo. 8.25 x 5.5 inches (206 x 137mm). Volume 52: 512 pages, 1 plate. Volume 53: 512 pages, 2 plates. Volume 54: 448 pages, 1 plate, 4 large fold-out tables. Tightly and very solidly bound in maroon cloth with a gilt-lettered spine; minor scuffing to the edge tips. Bright and clean throughout, so much so that we think it unlikely the volume was opened or used at all. Fold-plates all in excellent condition.

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    (Paris, Mallet-Bachelier), 1858. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 46, No 24. Pp. (1121-) 1173 (entire issue offered). Couper's paper: pp. 1157-1160. A faint dampstain to right margins. First appearance of this milestone announcement in organic chemistry - a longer memoir was published in "Annales de Chimie et de Physique" later in the same year, 1858 - in which, independently of Kekulé, Couper introduces the CONCEPT OF BONDS (represented as a dash or a dotted line) in chemistry and also observes the very importent fact, that carbon atoms forms the backbone of organic compounds."It was not till 1858 that a satisfactory theory of molecular constitution was advanced, simultaneously and endependently, by thwo young chemists, Friedrich August Kekulé and Archibald Scott Couper. The theory of molecular constitution put foreward.by Couper and Kekulé rested on two main postulates, the quadriivalency of carbon,.and the capacity of the carbon atom for mutual linking or combining together to form a carbon "chain". By this hypothesis of the mutual linking together of carbon atoms - which waslater confirmed by experiment - it was possible to explain the formation of organic compounds containing a large number of carbon atoms. On the foundation of their postulates two postulates, moreover, (they) showed how the molecular constitution or mutual linking together of the atoms of a compound could be represented diagrammatically and the relstions between different compounds made readily intelligible. In his classic paper "On a New Chemical Theory" (the paper offered here in its first appearance) advanced beyond Kekulé by representing the constitutions of the compounds by means of GRAPHIC FORMULA in which, as at the present day, the valencies pf the atoms are represented by lines.his formulae are similar to those at present in use."(Findlay pp. 34 ff)"The theory of Kekulé and Couper gave the chemists the maeans of solving the problems of chemical constitution" and by means of the graphic or constitutional formulae it became possible to represent the molecular constitution of known compounds and to foresee the possible existence of isomeric compounds."(Findlay).Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1858 C.

  • "COUPER, A. - S.(ARCHIBALD SCOTT). - INTRODUCING A NEW ERA IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

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    Paris, Victor Masson, 1858. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: "Annales de Chimie et de Physique", 3e Series - Tome 53. 512 pp. a. 2 folded engarved plates.(The entire volume offered). Couper's paper: pp. 469-489. Some scattered brownspots. First appearance of this milestone paper in organic chemistry - a shorter note was published in Comptes Rendus in June 1858 - in which, independently of Kekulé, Couper introduces the CONCEPT OF BONDS (represented as a dash or a dotted line) in chemistry and also observes the very importent fact, that carbon atoms forms the backbone of organic compounds."It was not till 1858 that a satisfactory theory of molecular constitution was advanced, simultaneously and endependently, by thwo young chemists, Friedrich August Kekulé and Archibald Scott Couper. The theory of molecular constitution put foreward.by Couper and Kekulé rested on two main postulates, the quadriivalency of carbon,.and the capacity of the carbon atom for mutual linking or combining together to form a carbon "chain". By this hypothesis of the mutual linking together of carbon atoms - which waslater confirmed by experiment - it was possible to explain the formation of organic compounds containing a large number of carbon atoms. On the foundation of their postulates two postulates, moreover, (they) showed how the molecular constitution or mutual linking together of the atoms of a compound could be represented diagrammatically and the relstions between different compounds made readily intelligible. In his classic paper "On a New Chemical Theory" (the paper offered here in its first appearance) advanced beyond Kekulé by representing the constitutions of the compounds by means of GRAPHIC FORMULA in which, as at the present day, the valencies pf the atoms are represented by lines.his formulae are similar to those at present in use."(Findlay pp. 34 ff)"The theory of Kekulé and Couper gave the chemists the maeans of solving the problems of chemical constitution" and by means of the graphic or constitutional formulae it became possible to represent the molecular constitution of known compounds and to foresee the possible existence of isomeric compounds."(Findlay).Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1858 C.The volume contains another importent, monumental memoir MARCELLIN BERTHELOT "Sur la Synthèse des Carbures D'Hydrogene", pp. 69-208. Here he prsents his review of his work in organic chemistry during the previous ten years. "In his conclusion Berthelot argued that chemistry differed from a descriptive science such as natural history by being creative and that in this it resembled the mathematical sciences."(DSB).