Index

Absorber, Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Solvay (Ammonia), Badische (Fertilizers)

Acid, Adelard (Alcohol), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Glossary

acetic, Samson (Mead), Adelard (Alcohol), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap)

fatty, Bath (Soap)

saturated, Bath (Soap)

unsaturated, Bath (Soap)

nitric, Badische (Fertilizers), Badische (Fertilizers)

oleic, Bath (Soap)

organic, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

palmitic, Bath (Soap)

phthalic, DuPont (Plastics)

stearic, Bath (Soap)

sulfuric, Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Leblanc (Soda)

contact process, Badische (Fertilizers)

sulfurous, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

terephthalic, DuPont (Plastics)

Acid anhydride, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Aerobic process, Glossary

Air, Lucifer (Charcoal)

alchemical, Glossary

Albumin, Eastman (Photography)

Alcohol, Adelard (Alcohol), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

ethyl, Samson (Mead)

Alkali, Job (Alkali), Job (Alkali), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Leblanc (Soda), Glossary

Alloy, Vulcan (Metals)

Alumina, Athanor (Ceramics)

Aluminum, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Amalgam, Vulcan (Metals)

American Cyanamid, Badische (Fertilizers)

Amide, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Amine, Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Ammonia, Marie (Dyes), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap), Eastman (Photography), Solvay (Ammonia), Badische (Fertilizers), Badische (Fertilizers)

Ammonium bicarbonate, Solvay (Ammonia)

Ammonium chloride, Solvay (Ammonia)

Ammonium nitrate, Badische (Fertilizers)

Ampere, Volta (Batteries)

Ampère, André, Volta (Batteries)

Anaerobic process, Glossary

Analogy, tail-sniffing, Adelard (Alcohol), Bath (Soap)

Andrews, Julie

My Favorite Things, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Anhydrite, Vitruvius (Lime)

Aniline, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Anion, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Annealing, Theophilus (Glass)

Anode, Volta (Batteries)

Aragonite, Vitruvius (Lime)

Arlington Company, DuPont (Plastics)

Aromatic compounds, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Aspdin, Joseph, Vitruvius (Lime)

Aspirin, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Atlas Powder Company, DuPont (Plastics)

Atomic weight, al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Azeotrope, Adelard (Alcohol)

Bacteria, Job (Alkali), Marie (Dyes), Adelard (Alcohol), Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik, Badische (Fertilizers)

Baekeland, Leo, DuPont (Plastics)

Bakelite, DuPont (Plastics)

Balance, Measuring and Mixing

centigram, Measuring and Mixing

gram, Measuring and Mixing

Barilla, Leblanc (Soda)

Barth, Bergrat, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Base, Job (Alkali), Job (Alkali), Adelard (Alcohol), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Glossary

Bassanite, Vitruvius (Lime)

Battery, Volta (Batteries)

alkaline, Volta (Batteries)

lead-acid, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Leclanché, Volta (Batteries)

parallel, Volta (Batteries)

series, Volta (Batteries)

Bayer Company, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Beddoes, Thomas, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Bejeezus, Athanor (Ceramics), Vulcan (Metals), Vitruvius (Lime), Adelard (Alcohol), Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Solvay (Ammonia), Glossary

Benzene, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Bevan, Edward, DuPont (Plastics)

Beverly Hillbillies, Prologue, Badische (Fertilizers)

Binder, Marie (Dyes)

Black ash, Leblanc (Soda)

Borax, Theophilus (Glass)

Bosch, Carl, Badische (Fertilizers)

Bots, feline, Inspirations

Boyd, Doug, Inspirations

Brass, Vulcan (Metals)

Bronze, Vulcan (Metals)

Brooke, Walter

The Graduate, DuPont (Plastics)

Browning, Robert

Song, From Pippa Passes, Leblanc (Soda)

Burner, Lucifer (Charcoal), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Badische (Fertilizers)

Calcination, Athanor (Ceramics), Glossary

Calcite, Vitruvius (Lime)

Calcium cyanamide, Badische (Fertilizers)

California Powder Company, DuPont (Plastics)

Camera obscura, Eastman (Photography)

Carbon dioxide, Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Solvay (Ammonia)

Caro, Nikodem, Badische (Fertilizers)

Carothers, Wallace, DuPont (Plastics)

Carpenter, Richard and Karen

We've Only Just Begun, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

CAS, Hammurabi (Units)

Castaway, Epilogue

Castner, Hamilton, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Catalyst, Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Badische (Fertilizers), Glossary

Cathode, Volta (Batteries)

Cation, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Celanese Corporation, DuPont (Plastics)

Celluloid, DuPont (Plastics)

Cellulose, Lucifer (Charcoal), Venus (Textiles), Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Cellulose acetate, DuPont (Plastics)

Charcoal, Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Chlorine, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Chromatography, Lucifer (Charcoal), Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Clay

body, Athanor (Ceramics)

mineral, Athanor (Ceramics)

Clothing, Venus (Textiles)

Coke, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Collodion, Eastman (Photography), Badische (Fertilizers)

Colorfast dye, Marie (Dyes)

Combustion, Lucifer (Charcoal), Glossary

Compound, Lucifer (Charcoal), Glossary

Condensation, Venus (Textiles), Adelard (Alcohol), Bath (Soap), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals), DuPont (Plastics), Glossary

Condenser, Adelard (Alcohol)

Conjugate acid, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Conjugate base, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Conservation of Mass, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Glossary

Copper, Vulcan (Metals)

Couche, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Coulomb, Charles, Volta (Batteries)

Cross, Charles, DuPont (Plastics)

Crystal, Unktomi (Silicates), Job (Alkali)

Current, electric, Volta (Batteries)

Dacron, DuPont (Plastics)

Daguerre, Louis Jacques, Eastman (Photography)

Davidson, Bill, Inspirations

Davy, Humphry, Dow (Electrochemicals), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Deckle, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Devitrification, Theophilus (Glass)

Dickens, Charles, Leblanc (Soda)

Dissolution, Glossary

Distillation, Lucifer (Charcoal), Glossary

destructive, Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Dogs, tail-sniffing, Adelard (Alcohol)

Dolomite, Vitruvius (Lime)

Dow, Herbert, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Drafting, Venus (Textiles)

Dreyfus, Henri and Camille, DuPont (Plastics)

Drop spindle, Venus (Textiles)

Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, DuPont (Plastics)

Du Pont, Irenee, Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), DuPont (Plastics)

Duhamel, Henri Louis, Leblanc (Soda)

Duisberg, Carl, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Dunn, James R., Inspirations

Dunn, Peggy, solar properties of, Inspirations

Dye, Marie (Dyes)

Dynamite, Badische (Fertilizers)

Earth, Lucifer (Charcoal), Unktomi (Silicates)

alchemical, Glossary

Eastman Kodak, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Eastman, George, Eastman (Photography), DuPont (Plastics)

Edison, Thomas, DuPont (Plastics)

Electrolysis, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Electrolyte, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Volta (Batteries), Dow (Electrochemicals), Glossary

Electromotive Force (EMF), Volta (Batteries)

Element, Lucifer (Charcoal), Glossary

Emerald Tablet, Prologue, Hammurabi (Units), Vitruvius (Lime), Adelard (Alcohol), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Solvay (Ammonia)

Equation, Lucifer (Charcoal), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Glossary

Erasmus, Desiderius, Badische (Fertilizers)

Ester, Bath (Soap), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals), DuPont (Plastics)

Ethanol, Samson (Mead)

Experiment, Glossary

Experimental yield, al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Faraday, Michael, Volta (Batteries), Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Dow (Electrochemicals), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals), DuPont (Plastics)

Farbenfabriken vormals Friedrich Bayer, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Fat, Bath (Soap)

Fecundity, Hammurabi (Units)

Fermentation, Glossary

aerobic, Samson (Mead)

anaerobic, Samson (Mead)

Fermenter, Samson (Mead)

Fidelity, Hammurabi (Units)

Figment, Hammurabi (Units), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Bath (Soap), Eastman (Photography), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals), Badische (Fertilizers), DuPont (Plastics), Epilogue

Fire, Lucifer (Charcoal), Lucifer (Charcoal)

alchemical, Glossary

Flux, Vulcan (Metals), Vulcan (Metals), Theophilus (Glass)

Ford Motor Company, DuPont (Plastics)

Formula, Lucifer (Charcoal), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Glossary

empirical, Athanor (Ceramics), Venus (Textiles)

molecular, Venus (Textiles)

oxide, Athanor (Ceramics)

structural, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Formula weight, al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Frank, Adolph, Badische (Fertilizers)

Franklin, Benjamin, Volta (Batteries)

Frit, Theophilus (Glass)

Fugitive dye, Marie (Dyes)

Furnace, Lucifer (Charcoal), Vitruvius (Lime), Adelard (Alcohol), Leblanc (Soda), Solvay (Ammonia), Badische (Fertilizers)

Galvani, Luigi, Volta (Batteries)

General Motors, DuPont (Plastics)

Glass, Leblanc (Soda)

Glauber, Rudolf, Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Leblanc (Soda), Leblanc (Soda)

Glossary, Lucifer (Charcoal), Unktomi (Silicates), Hammurabi (Units), Samson (Mead), Athanor (Ceramics), Venus (Textiles), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Job (Alkali), Vulcan (Metals), Vitruvius (Lime), Pliny (Redox Reactions), Marie (Dyes), Theophilus (Glass), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Adelard (Alcohol), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda), Volta (Batteries), Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Eastman (Photography), Solvay (Ammonia), Dow (Electrochemicals), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals), Badische (Fertilizers), DuPont (Plastics), Glossary

Glycerol, Bath (Soap)

Goeckerman, Brian, Inspirations

Goffin, Gerry

Who Put the Bomp, Hammurabi (Units)

Gold, Vulcan (Metals)

Greene, Donald, Inspirations

Guffee, Eddie, Inspirations

Gypsum, Vitruvius (Lime), Vitruvius (Lime)

Haber, Fritz, Badische (Fertilizers)

Half-reaction, Pliny (Redox Reactions)

Halite, Leblanc (Soda)

Hall, Charles Martin, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Hammerstein, Oscar

My Favorite Things, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Harrison Brothers, DuPont (Plastics)

Hatcher, Margaret, Inspirations

He/his, Lucifer (Charcoal), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Adelard (Alcohol), Adelard (Alcohol), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Leblanc (Soda), Volta (Batteries), Eastman (Photography), Badische (Fertilizers)

Heat, Athanor (Ceramics)

Henry, Buck

The Graduate, DuPont (Plastics)

Hercules Powder Company, DuPont (Plastics)

Heroult, Paul, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Herschel, John, Eastman (Photography)

Heterogeneous matter, Lucifer (Charcoal), Samson (Mead), Glossary

Hofmann, Wilhelm, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Homogeneous matter, Lucifer (Charcoal), Samson (Mead), Glossary

Hyatt, John, DuPont (Plastics)

Hydraulic cement, Vitruvius (Lime)

Hydrogen, Badische (Fertilizers)

Index, Lucifer (Charcoal), Unktomi (Silicates), Hammurabi (Units), Samson (Mead), Athanor (Ceramics), Venus (Textiles), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Job (Alkali), Vulcan (Metals), Vitruvius (Lime), Pliny (Redox Reactions), Marie (Dyes), Theophilus (Glass), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Adelard (Alcohol), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda), Volta (Batteries), Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Eastman (Photography), Solvay (Ammonia), Dow (Electrochemicals), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals), Badische (Fertilizers), DuPont (Plastics)

Indigo, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Indigo carmine, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Indigotin, Marie (Dyes)

Inorganic compound, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Glossary

Investment, Theophilus (Glass)

Ionic substance

See Substance, ionic

Ionization, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Iron, Vulcan (Metals)

Isn't It Grand, Boys?, Pliny (Redox Reactions)

Isomer, Perkin (Aniline Dyes), DuPont (Plastics)

Jaques, Cory, Inspirations

John, Elton

Candle in the Wind, DuPont (Plastics)

Jordan, Louis

Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Epilogue

Kaye, Gorden

'Allo 'Allo!, Prologue

Kellner, Karl, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Kelp, Leblanc (Soda)

Kolbe, Hermann, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Lavigne, Avril

Complicated, al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Lavoisier, Antoine, Lucifer (Charcoal), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Dow (Electrochemicals), DuPont (Plastics)

LD50, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Lead, Vulcan (Metals)

Leblanc, Nicolas, Leblanc (Soda)

Lebon, Phillipe, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Led Zeppelin

Stairway to Heaven, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Leone, Sergio

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Badische (Fertilizers)

Lightfoot, Gordon

If You Could Read My Mind, Prologue

Lignin, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Lime, Vitruvius (Lime), Theophilus (Glass), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda)

quick, Vitruvius (Lime)

slaked, Vitruvius (Lime), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Limestone, Vitruvius (Lime), Vitruvius (Lime)

Limiting reagent, al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Solvay (Ammonia)

Lincoln, Abraham

Gettysburg Address, Solvay (Ammonia)

Lister, Joseph, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Liston, Robert, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Litharge, Theophilus (Glass)

Lixiviation, Leblanc (Soda), Glossary

Lixiviator, Job (Alkali), Leblanc (Soda)

Logan, Horace, Epilogue

Longevity, Hammurabi (Units)

Lye, al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Bath (Soap)

Maceration, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Mann, Barry

Who Put the Bomp, Hammurabi (Units)

Manure, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Martin, Steve

The Jerk, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

McBride, Jeff, Inspirations

McLean, Don

Vincent, DuPont (Plastics)

Mead, Samson (Mead)

Mellville, Herman

Moby Dick, Lucifer (Charcoal)

Meme, Hammurabi (Units), Glossary

Mercury, Lucifer (Charcoal), Vulcan (Metals), Adelard (Alcohol), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Dow (Electrochemicals)

alchemical, Glossary

Metathesis, Glossary

Miller, Bruce, Inspirations

Mineral, Unktomi (Silicates)

Mixture, Samson (Mead)

Mold, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Mole, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Molecular model, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Molecular weight, al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Monomer, Venus (Textiles)

Mordant, Marie (Dyes)

Morse, Samuel, Volta (Batteries)

Mortimer, John, Epilogue

MSDS, Hammurabi (Units)

Mueller, Paul, Inspirations

Murdock, William, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Murrah Federal Building, Badische (Fertilizers)

Napoleon, Leblanc (Soda)

Napoleon III, Eastman (Photography), Dow (Electrochemicals)

Napoleon XIV

They're Coming to Take Me Away, Badische (Fertilizers)

Natron, Leblanc (Soda)

Negative, photographic, Eastman (Photography)

Neoprene, DuPont (Plastics)

NFPA Diamond, al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Nieuwland, Julius, DuPont (Plastics)

Nitrocellulose, Badische (Fertilizers), Badische (Fertilizers), DuPont (Plastics)

Nitrogen, Lucifer (Charcoal), Badische (Fertilizers)

Nitroglycerin, Badische (Fertilizers), Badische (Fertilizers)

Nobel, Alfred, Badische (Fertilizers), DuPont (Plastics)

Non-polar substance

See Substance, non-polar

Nose, chemist's virtual, Leblanc (Soda)

Nu, Alain, Inspirations

Nylon, DuPont (Plastics)

Oersted, Hans Christian, Volta (Batteries), Dow (Electrochemicals)

Ohm, Georg, Volta (Batteries)

Oil, Bath (Soap)

Ore, Vulcan (Metals)

Organic compound, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Adelard (Alcohol), Glossary

Orleans, Duke of, Leblanc (Soda)

Ostwald, Wilhelm, Badische (Fertilizers)

Oxidation, Athanor (Ceramics), Pliny (Redox Reactions), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Glossary

Oxygen, Lucifer (Charcoal), Badische (Fertilizers)

Palahniuk, Chuck

Fight Club, Bath (Soap)

Paper, Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Leblanc (Soda)

Paper Lace

The Night Chicago Died, Epilogue

Papyrus, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Parchment, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Parkes, Alexander, DuPont (Plastics)

Part, Hammurabi (Units), Vitruvius (Lime), Theophilus (Glass), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Perkin, William, Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Pewter, Vulcan (Metals)

pH, Job (Alkali), Glossary

Phenol, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Pigment, Marie (Dyes)

Pink Floyd

Another Brick in the Wall, Vitruvius (Lime)

Pitt, Brad

Fight Club, Bath (Soap), Bath (Soap)

Plaster, Vitruvius (Lime), Vitruvius (Lime)

Ply, Venus (Textiles)

Point

annealing, Theophilus (Glass)

softening, Theophilus (Glass)

strain, Theophilus (Glass)

working, Theophilus (Glass)

Poise, Theophilus (Glass)

Polar substance

See Substance, polar

Polymer, Venus (Textiles)

Post, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Potash, Job (Alkali), Vulcan (Metals), Theophilus (Glass), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda)

caustic, Bath (Soap)

Potassa, Theophilus (Glass)

Potassium, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Precipitation, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Glossary

Prevo, Mary, Inspirations

Prine, John

You Got Gold, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Problematic unit, Hammurabi (Units), al-Razi (Stoichiometry)

Pulp, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

chemical, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

mechanical, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Rayon, DuPont (Plastics)

Reaction

acid-base, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Adelard (Alcohol)

hydrolysis, Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Bath (Soap)

metathesis, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Reactor

absorber, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

burner, Lucifer (Charcoal)

fermenter, Samson (Mead)

furnace, Lucifer (Charcoal)

lixiviator, Job (Alkali), Leblanc (Soda)

slaker, Vitruvius (Lime)

still, Adelard (Alcohol)

Recrystallization, Lucifer (Charcoal), Job (Alkali), Glossary

Reduction, Athanor (Ceramics), Vulcan (Metals), Pliny (Redox Reactions), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Glossary

Refractory, Athanor (Ceramics)

Rock, Unktomi (Silicates)

igneous, Unktomi (Silicates)

metamorphic, Unktomi (Silicates)

sedimentary, Unktomi (Silicates), Vitruvius (Lime)

Roebuck, John, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Rogers, Richard

My Favorite Things, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Runge, Friedlieb, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Russell, Bobby

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Epilogue

Salt, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Adelard (Alcohol), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

alchemical, Glossary

Glauber's, Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Leblanc (Soda)

sea, Leblanc (Soda)

Saltpeter, Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Badische (Fertilizers)

Chile, Badische (Fertilizers)

Saltwort, Leblanc (Soda)

Sanford and Son, Epilogue

Saponification, Bath (Soap)

Saxony blue, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Schonbein, Christian, Badische (Fertilizers), DuPont (Plastics)

Separation, Glossary

She/her, Lucifer (Charcoal), Hammurabi (Units), Hammurabi (Units), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Pliny (Redox Reactions), Adelard (Alcohol), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Perkin (Aniline Dyes), Badische (Fertilizers)

Silica, Unktomi (Silicates), Athanor (Ceramics)

Silver, Vulcan (Metals)

Simon, Paul

Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Volta (Batteries)

Kodachrome, Eastman (Photography)

Sound of Silence, DuPont (Plastics)

Sizing, Eastman (Photography)

Skeen, Aaron, Inspirations

Slaker, Vitruvius (Lime), Solvay (Ammonia)

Smelting, Vulcan (Metals)

SmithKline Beecham, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Soap, Leblanc (Soda)

Sobrero, Ascanio, Badische (Fertilizers)

Soda, Theophilus (Glass), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Solvay (Ammonia)

ash, Job (Alkali), Vulcan (Metals), Theophilus (Glass), Ts'ai Lun (Paper), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda)

caustic, Ts'ai Lun (Paper), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda), Dow (Electrochemicals)

washing, al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Volta (Batteries)

Sodium, Dow (Electrochemicals)

Sodium bicarbonate, Solvay (Ammonia)

Sodium carbonate, Solvay (Ammonia)

Sodium chloride, Solvay (Ammonia)

Sodium hyposulfite, Eastman (Photography)

Sodium thiosulfate, Eastman (Photography)

Solder, Vulcan (Metals)

Solubility, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

Solute, Samson (Mead), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Theophilus (Glass), Adelard (Alcohol), Glossary

Solution, Lucifer (Charcoal), Samson (Mead), Glossary

Solvay, Ernest, Solvay (Ammonia)

Solvent, Samson (Mead), Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Theophilus (Glass), Adelard (Alcohol), Glossary

Spider, Itsy-Bitsy, Unktomi (Silicates)

Spinning, Venus (Textiles)

Spirit lamp, Adelard (Alcohol), Adelard (Alcohol), Spot and Roebuck (Acid), Leblanc (Soda), Solvay (Ammonia)

Sterling Products, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Steve Miller Band

Fly Like an Eagle, Epilogue

Still, Adelard (Alcohol), Solvay (Ammonia)

Stoichiometric coefficient, Adam (Metathesis Reactions), Pliny (Redox Reactions), al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Glossary

Stoichiometric question, al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Bath (Soap), Leblanc (Soda), Glossary

String, Venus (Textiles)

Sublimation, Glossary

Substance, Lucifer (Charcoal), Glossary

ionic, Adelard (Alcohol), Bath (Soap)

non-polar, Adelard (Alcohol), Bath (Soap)

polar, Adelard (Alcohol), Bath (Soap)

Sucrose, Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder)

Sugar, Samson (Mead)

Sulfur, Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

alchemical, Glossary

Sulfur dioxide, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Sulfur trioxide, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Swan, Joseph, DuPont (Plastics)

Talbot, Fox, Eastman (Photography)

Temperature, Athanor (Ceramics)

Theoretical yield, al-Razi (Stoichiometry), Leblanc (Soda), Solvay (Ammonia)

Theory, Samson (Mead), Glossary

Thomas, Larry

Seinfeld's Soup Nazi, Bath (Soap)

Tin, Vulcan (Metals)

Toluene, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Toluidine, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Tongue, chemist's virtual, Job (Alkali), Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Toxicity

acute, Adam (Metathesis Reactions)

chronic, Pliny (Redox Reactions)

Tri-glyceride, Bath (Soap)

Trinitrotoluene, Badische (Fertilizers)

Trona, Leblanc (Soda)

Twine, Venus (Textiles)

Twist, s and z, Venus (Textiles)

Uhls, Jim

Fight Club, Bath (Soap)

Union Carbide, Badische (Fertilizers)

Unit, Hammurabi (Units)

Unit factor, Hammurabi (Units)

Unit Factor Analysis (UFA), Hammurabi (Units)

Unverdorben, Otto, Perkin (Aniline Dyes)

Urine, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Vellum, Ts'ai Lun (Paper)

Venus de Lespugue, Venus (Textiles)

Vincenzoni, Luciano, Badische (Fertilizers)

Vinegar, Samson (Mead), Adelard (Alcohol)

Viscosity, Theophilus (Glass)

Vitrification, Athanor (Ceramics)

Vitriol, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Volatile, Adelard (Alcohol)

Volt, Volta (Batteries)

Volta, Allesandro, Volta (Batteries)

Voltaic cell, Volta (Batteries)

von Liebig, Justus, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Ward, Joshua Spot, Spot and Roebuck (Acid)

Water, Lucifer (Charcoal), Badische (Fertilizers)

alchemical, Glossary

Weighing by difference, Vitruvius (Lime), Theophilus (Glass), Tzu-Chhun (Gunpowder), Measuring and Mixing

Weiss, William, Bayer (Pharmaceuticals)

Weston, Edward, DuPont (Plastics)

Whorl, Venus (Textiles)

Willingham, Calder

The Graduate, DuPont (Plastics)

Wilson, Richard

One Foot in the Grave, Hammurabi (Units)

Wood, Lucifer (Charcoal)

Yeasts, Samson (Mead)

Zevon, Warren

The Indifference of Heaven, Epilogue