Entrepreneurial Ventures in Chemistry: The Muspratts of Liverpool, 1793-1934 - Hardcover
by Peter Reed
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter ReedSeries:Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945Theme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:9/28/2015Pages:352
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781472449788ISBN-10:1472449789UPC:9781472449788Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Infrastructure, Modern, EuropeBook Topic:19th Century, Great BritainSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inchesWeight:0.672Product ID:SC4ZXGB7N9
Associated principally with the development of the chemical industry in Liverpool - James Muspratt (1793-1884) was the first person to make alkali on a large scale using the Leblanc Process - the three generations of the family also contributed to wider Victorian and Edwardian culture through their interests in politics, education, art, literature and theatre. This is the first study to present the history of the Muspratts as a family group and to consider the entrepreneurial spirit they brought to chemical manufacture in Britain and to their many other ventures.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781472449788ISBN-10:1472449789UPC:9781472449788Book Category:Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Infrastructure, Modern, EuropeBook Topic:19th Century, Great BritainSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inchesWeight:0.672Product ID:SC4ZXGB7N9
An independent historian, Peter Reed has written and spoken widely on nineteenth-century science and technology, in particular chemistry, chemical technology, the environment and early chemical dictionaries. It was while working for National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside that his interest in industrial archaeology and history began. He is an active member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group, Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry and Newcomen Society. His book Acid Rain and the Rise of the Environmental Chemist in Nineteenth-Century Britain: The Life and Work of Robert Angus Smith was published with Ashgate in 2014.
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