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Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, is one of the most ubiquitous chemical compounds in the history of the chemical sciences. The generation of alcohol via fermentation is also one of the oldest forms of chemical technology, with the production of fermented bevera
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Seth C. Rasmussen
The Quest for Aqua Vitae The History and Chemistry of Alcohol from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
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Seth C. Rasmussen
The Quest for Aqua Vitae The History and Chemistry of Alcohol from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
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Seth C. Rasmussen Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry North Dakota State University Fargo, ND USA
ISSN 2212-991X ISBN 978-3-319-06301-0 ISBN 978-3-319-06302-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06302-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London
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Acknowledgments
I would first and foremost like to thank the National Science Foundation (CHE0132886) for initial support of this research and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of North Dakota State University for supporting my continuing efforts in the history of chemistry. The historical work included in the current volume began as an offshoot of my interest in the early introduction and development of chemical glassware in the thirteenth century, including its application to new forms of di
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