Article ID: CBB001551143

William Barlow and the Determination of Atomic Arrangement in Crystals (2015)

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Mauskopf, Seymour H. (Author)


Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Volume: 72, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 206-223


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: Part of a Series: Atomism and Organic Chemistry in Context: Essays in Honour of Alan J. Rocke
Language: English

William Barlow (1845--1934) was an important if unconventional scientist, known for having developed the `closest-packing' atomic models of crystal structure. He resumed an early nineteenth-century tradition of utilizing crystallographical and chemical data to determine atomic arrangements in crystals. This essay recounts Barlow's career and scientific activity in three parts: (a) His place in the tradition of determining atomic arrangement in context of this earlier tradition and of contemporaneous developments of crystallography and chemistry, (b) his unconventional career, and (c) the `success' of his program to determine atomic arrangements in crystals and its influence on the work of William Lawrence Bragg.

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Authors & Contributors
Roy W. McIntyre
Pier Remigio Salvi
Torrens, Hugh S.
Silvi, Bernard
Savin, Andreas
Salvia, Stefano
Concepts
Chemistry
Atomic structure
Geology
Earth sciences
Crystals
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
Places
England
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Isle of Wight
Arctic regions
Institutions
Cambridge Philosophical Society
Cambridge University
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