Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

2/1/1986 - 1/31/1988

Funding Totals

$63,000.00 (approved)
$62,628.37 (awarded)


The Historical Origs. of Modern Chemistry: the Chemical Rev. and the Discipline of Chemistry in the 18th Century

FAIN: RH-20751-86

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA 24061-2000)
Arthur Donovan (Project Director: March 1985 to August 1988)

To support a study of the development of chemistry in the 18th century which will integrate the evolution of this science as a distinct discipline with the revolutionary changes in theory proposed by Lavoisier.