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Tables of Contents for Uncle Tungsten
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Uncle Tungsten
9
13
``37''
22
12
Exile
34
20
``An Ideal Metal''
54
23
Light for the Masses
77
13
The Land of Stibnite
90
21
Chemical Recreations
111
16
Stinks and Bangs
127
23
Housecalls
150
17
A Chemical Language
167
27
Humphry Davy: A Poet-Chemist
194
25
Images
219
24
Mr. Dalton's Round Bits of Wood
243
15
Lines of Force
258
29
Home Life
287
29
Mendeleev's Garden
316
41
A Pocket Spectroscope
357
14
Cold Fire
371
20
Ma
391
17
Penetrating Rays
408
15
Madame Curie's Element
423
24
Cannery Row
447
21
The World Set Free
468
20
Brilliant Light
488
26
The End of the Affair
514
10
Afterword
524
5
Acknowledgments
529
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