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Editorial

Editorial
The Future of the History of Chemistry
Jennifer M. Rampling
Pages: 295-300
Published online: 15 Feb 2018
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Articles

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The Corundum Stone and Crystallographic Chemistry
Stephen T. Irish
Pages: 301-325
Published online: 28 Feb 2018
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Translating Ancient Alchemy: Fragments of Graeco-Egyptian Alchemy in Arabic Compendia
Matteo Martelli
Pages: 326-342
Published online: 17 Jan 2018
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A Chemical Reaction to the Historiography of Biology
Angela N. H. Creager
Pages: 343-359
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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What History Tells Us about the Distinct Nature of Chemistry
Hasok Chang
Pages: 360-374
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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Essay Review

Review
American Drugs and Early Modern Europe: New Ways of Telling an Old Story
José Pardo-Tomás
Pages: 375-377
Published online: 13 Feb 2018
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Reviews

Book Review
The Oxford Illustrated History of Science
David Knight
Pages: 378-379
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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I ricettari del codice 52 della Historical Medical Library di New Haven (XIII sec. u.q.)
Vincenzo Carlotta
Pages: 379-380
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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The History of the London Water Industry, 1580-1820
Christopher Hamlin
Pages: 381-382
Published online: 26 Feb 2018
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The Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe
Leslie Tomory
Pages: 382-384
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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One Hundred Years of the Bohr Atom. Proceedings from a Conference
Xavier Roqué
Pages: 384-385
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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Adding Value: Tasmanian Alkaloids 1975–2015
Ernst Homburg
Pages: 385-386
Published online: 14 Mar 2018
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Setting Nutritional Standards. Theory, Policies, Practices
Stefan Pohl-Valero
Pages: 386-388
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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Book Review
Kagakushi Jiten [Encyclopedic Dictionary of the History of Chemistry]
Akinobu Takabayashi
Pages: 388-389
Published online: 08 Jan 2018
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Announcement

Announcement
Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Award Scheme 2018
Pages: 390-391
Published online: 19 Jan 2018
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