Abraham Gesner: the Lure of the Rocks and a Burning Ambition 9780228809777

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Автор: Haigh Elizabeth V.
Название: Abraham Gesner: the Lure of the Rocks and a Burning Ambition
ISBN: 9780228809777
Издательство: Tellwell Talent
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Биографии деятелей науки, техники и медицины

История инженерного дела и технологий производства

ISBN-10: 0228809770
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 388
Вес: 0.52 кг.
Дата издания: 05.07.2019
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 29 illustrations
Размер: 229 x 152 x 20
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The lure of the rocks and a burning ambition
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Debt and bad management drove Abraham Gesner off his farm in Nova Scotias bucolic Annapolis Valley in 1825. It turned out to be a stroke of luck. While doing medical courses in London hospitals, he encountered the industrial revolution. Attending sundry lectures and demonstrations, he got his first whiff of the rapidly developing new sciences of chemistry, geology and natural history. He was hooked Back home, traveling about the country visiting patients, he honed his observational skills, finally producing pioneering geological surveys of all three Maritime provinces. Imitating procedures which he had first observed while abroad, he experimented with cracking coal to generate the tars, oils and gases which fueled the industrial revolution In the process, he produced kerosene - an illuminating gas and an oil - which revolutionized artificial lighting and generated much industry. Because he explored with native guides and advocated on their behalf, he served for a time as Indian Commissioner. An engaging lecturer, he addressed audiences on many scientific subjects and developed the regions first natural history museum; he wrote articles and books describing the region and extolling its potential for development. His final publication was a textbook of hydrocarbon chemistry. Local lawsuits over mining rights and patent infringements caused him to move to New York. Still more lawsuits drove him back to his native land where he died, shortly after being appointed to a coveted lectureship in Dalhousie University.

Abraham Gesner: the Lure of the Rocks and a Burning Ambition, Haigh Elizabeth V.