Download or read book Essays Biographical and Chemical (Classic Reprint) written by Sir William Ramsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Essays Biographical and Chemical I have to thank the University of Glasgow for permis sion to reprint the oration on Black; the editor of the Youth's Companion for permission to reprint the sketch of Lord Kelvin, What is an Element On the Periodic Arrangement of the Elements, ' 'radium and its Pro ducts, ' 'what is Electricity?' and How Discoveries are Made the editor of the Contemporary Review for permission to reprint the article on The Becquerel Rays and the Royal Society, which has kindly granted similar permission to republish the life of M. Berthelot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.