Creating Networks in Chemistry: The Founding and Early History of Chemical Societies in Europe
Chapter 9: THE NETHERLANDS: Keeping the Ranks Closed: The Dutch Chemical Society, 1903–1914
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Published:10 Apr 2008
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Special Collection: 2008 ebook collection
Ernst Homburg, 2008. "THE NETHERLANDS: Keeping the Ranks Closed: The Dutch Chemical Society, 1903–1914", Creating Networks in Chemistry: The Founding and Early History of Chemical Societies in Europe, Anita Kildebæk Nielsen, Sona Strbanova
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The founding of chemical societies in Europe took place in three “waves”. First, between about 1750 and the 1820s, local chemical societies were founded, such as dinner clubs, student clubs, local societies focusing on lecturing and collective experimentation, and reading circles.1
During a second wave, between about 1840 and 1870, national science-oriented chemical societies were founded. Examples are the chemical societies of London, Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg. While those of Paris and St. Petersburg, initially, had a purely scientific orientation, the societies of London and Berlin also tried to be a platform on which science and industry could meet.
