Letters and papers of Professor Arthur Smithells, with some letters to his widow 1887-1955

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Letters and papers of Professor Arthur Smithells, with some letters to his widow 1887-1955

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Smithells, Arthur, 1860-1939

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Arthur Smithells (1860-1939) was born at Bury in Lancashire. He graduated in chemistry at Owen's College, Manchester, in 1881 (B.Sc., London), and continued his training in Heidelberg, under R. B. von Bunsen, and in Munich. He returned to Manchester as an assistant lecturer in 1883 but in 1885 was appointed professor of chemistry at the Yorkshire College in Leeds. Here he not only pursued his research into the structure of flames, which was his main contribution to pure science, but also played ...

University of Leeds Department of Chemistry History

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