Entrepreneurial Ventures in Chemistry: The Muspratts of Liverpool, 1793-1934

By Peter Reed and Peter Reed

Book Overview

Associated principally with the development of the chemical industry in Liverpool - James Muspratt (1793-1884) was the first person to make alkali on a large scale using the Leblanc Process - the three generations of the family also contributed to wider Victorian and Edwardian culture through their interests in politics, education, art, literature and theatre. This is the first study to present the history of the Muspratts as a family group and to consider the entrepreneurial spirit they brought to chemical manufacture in Britain and to their many other ventures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472449789
• ISBN13: 9781472449788
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"