Heinrich Caro and the Creation of Modern Chemical Industry

1. Front Matter

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2. Chemistry and Revolution

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 1-24

3. Calico Printing in Mülheim

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 25-48

4. The Manchester Years, 1859–1866

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 49-88

5. Negotiating Science-based Technology

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 89-108

6. Chemical Theory From Chemical Industry

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 109-123

7. The Chemist as Inventor

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 125-176

8. Academic-Industrial Collaboration

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 177-218

9. The Industrial Research Laboratory

   • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

   Pages 219-256

10. Patents and Agreements

    • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

    Pages 257-290

11. Ambitious and Glory Hunting ... Impractical and Fantastic

    • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

    Pages 291-303

12. A Chemical Celebrity

    • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

    Pages 305-343

13. Heinrich Caro: Genius and Myth

    • Carsten Reinhardt, Anthony S. Travis

    Pages 345-357

14. Back Matter

    Pages 359-453

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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. The cornerstones of Caro's success were his early training as calico (cotton) printer in Germany, and his employment at a chemical firm in Manchester, England. Caro was a creative research chemist, a highly knowledgeable patent specialist and expert witness, and a brilliant manager of science-based chemical technology. This first full-length scientific biography of Heinrich Caro delineates his role in the emergence of the industrial research laboratory, the forging of links between academic and industrial chemistry, and the development of modern patent law. Major chemical topics include the rise of classical organic chemistry, collaboration with Adolf Baeyer, artificial alizarin and indigo, aniline dyes, and other coal-tar products, particularly intermediates.

• Chemical Industry
• Industrial Chemistry
• chemistry
• organic chemistry

• University of Regensburg, Germany

  Carsten Reinhardt

• Sidney M. Edelstein Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

  Anthony S. Travis

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