The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many crucial features of the period remain largely unknown or unexplored, for general accounts--often built around Lavoisier--have remained quite selective. This volume presents new approaches and topics in an attempt to build a richer, fuller, more complex view of chemical work during the period. Themes include "late-phase" alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology.

"The eighteenth century has long been considered critical for the development of modern chemistry, yet many crucial features of the period remain largely unknown or unexplored, for general accounts--often built around Lavoisier--have remained quite selective. This volume presents new approaches and topics in an attempt to build a richer, fuller, more complex view of chemical work during the period. Themes include "late-phase" alchemy, professionalization, chemical education, and the links and relations between chemistry and pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, and geology. TOC:Foreword. Notes on Contributors.- A Revolution Nobody Noticed? Changes in Early Eighteenth-Century Chemistry, Lawrence M. Principe.- Georg Ernst Stahl's Alchemical Publications: Anachronism, Reading Market, and a Scientific Lineage Redefined, Kevin Chang.- Chemistry Without Principles: Herman Boerhaave on Instruments and Elements, John C. Powers.- Practicing Chemistry "After the Hippocratical Manner": Hippocrates and the Importance of Chemistry for Boerhaave's Medicine, Rina Knoeff.- Public Lectures of Chemistry in Mid-Eighteenth Century France, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Christine Lehman.- Apothecary-chemists in Eighteenth-century Germany, Ursula Klein.- The Aberdeen Agricola: Chemical Principles and Practice in James Anderson's Georgics and Geology, Matthew D. Eddy.- Dr. Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808): Chemistry, Medicine, and Books in the French and Chemical Revolutions, Trevor H. Levere.-Reflections: "A Likely Story", Seymour Mauskopf.- Index."

A Revolution Nobody Noticed? Changes in Early Eighteenth-Century Chymistry.- Georg Ernst Stahl's Alchemical Publications: Anachronism, Reading Market, and A Scientific Lineage Redefined.- Chemistry without Principles: Herman Boerhaave on Instruments and Elements.- Practicing Chemistry "After the Hippocratical Manner": Hippocrates and the Importance of Chemistry for Boerhaave's Medicine.- Public Lectures of Chemistry in Mid-Eighteenth-Century France.- Apothecary-Chemists in Eighteenth-Century Germany.- The Aberdeen Agricola: Chemical Principles and Practice in James Anderson's Georgics and Geology.- Dr. Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808): Chemistry, Medicine, and Books in the French and Chemical Revolutions.- Refl ections: "A Likely Story".