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Heinrich Caro and the creation of modern chemical industry

Heinrich Caro (1834-1910) was the inventor of new chemical processes that in the two decades commencing in 1869 enabled BASF of Ludwigshafen, Germany, to take first place among manufacturers of synthetic dyestuffs.
eBook, English, ©2000
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, ©2000
Biographies
1 online resource.
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1. Chemistry and Revolution.- 2. Calico Printing in Mülheim.- 3. The Manchester Years, 1859–1866.- 4. Negotiating Science-based Technology.- 5. Chemical Theory from Chemical Industry.- 6. The Chemist as Inventor.- 7. Academic-Industrial Collaboration.- 8. The Industrial Research Laboratory.- 9. Patents and Agreements.- 10. “Ambitious and Glory Hunting ... Impractical and Fantastic”.- 11. A Chemical Celebrity.- 12. Heinrich Caro: Genius and Myth.- Notes.- Location of Major Dye Classes, Important Individual Dyes, Dye-Intermediates, and Raw Materials.- Indexes.