Disinfectants and Disinfection (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Robert Angus Smith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330775686 ISBN 13 : 9781330775684

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Disinfection through the ages, with practical science you can apply.

This book traces how antiseptics, disinfectants, and preservation methods evolved from ancient times to modern laboratories, showing what works and why.

In clear, accessible language, it connects chemistry to real-world care—from keeping foods safe to treating livestock and preserving bodies. You’ll see how perfumes, oils, and everyday substances shaped early disinfection, and how researchers tested ideas with hands‑on experiments.

Readers will gain a grounded sense of the everyday choices behind public health, animal care, and domestic use. The text blends history, lab observations, and practical notes on which chemicals and processes offer reliable results under different conditions.

• How different substances act as antiseptics, disinfectants, and preservatives
• Practical experiments and observations that guided early science
• Comparisons of tar acids, carbolic acid, lime, and other agents
• Guidance for domestic and agricultural use, including cautions and limits

Ideal for readers of history of science and anyone curious about the roots of modern disinfection.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Disinfection is an art borrowing its knowledge from chemistry. Some day it may rise into a science. We may then suppose it to be a division of Colysis. The first division may be made to include Anaesthetics substances which restrain the vital action in animals; the second may include Antiseptics substances which prevent decay in animal and vegetable matter, for use, beauty, or sentiment; the third, Disinfectants substances which prevent or remove the corrupt state of organic bodies, solely to prevent them injuring the atmosphere. They are all probably one, and the second and third are clearly so in principle, but in practice they are connected with very different conditions of things. We cannot separate these two in taking a survey of the subject as it stands. AG reek friend showed us a few months ago a small vessel, from the tomb of an ancient A thenian, and shaped not very unlike our pots of pomade. The lid fitted on in a loose way, as is the case with our own earthenware manufacture for the toilet-table, but the material was porous. We opened it, and strange to say the odour of attar of roses was distinct. We are informed that it was so when the tomb was discovered.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330775686
• ISBN 13: 9781330775684
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
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