History 30B, Spring 2000 Science and Society since the Scientific Revolution

Daily outline, Class 15 (3/7/00)

 

Topics    The Industrial Revolution   3 pillars:  cotton, iron, steam   What did science contribute to the steam engine  Justus von Liebig and agricultural chemistry   Liebig's career path   Agriculture as chemistry:  delivering materials   Dyestuffs and pharmaceuticals   Coal tar dyes   Industrial laboratories

Names and terms   (First) Industrial Revolution  James Watt, Matthew Boulton  Birmingham Lunar Society  Justus (von) Liebig (1803-1873)  experiment stations  land-grant universities  guano  aniline dyes  William Henry Perkin  Second Industrial Revolution

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