chemical engineering: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

A treatment of the history of the field is contained in William F. Furter (ed.), History of Chemical Engineering (1980), and A Century of Chemical Engineering (1982). Classic works include George E. Davis, A Handbook of Chemical Engineering, 2nd ed., 2 vol. (1904); and William H. Walker et al., Principles of Chemical Engineering, 3rd ed., rev. and rewritten (1937). More recent information may be found in Don W. Green and James O. Maloney (eds.), Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, 6th ed. (1984), a comprehensive handbook; D. Joseph Hagerty, Earl R. Gerhard, and Charles A. Plank, Opportunities in Chemical Engineering (1979, reissued 1985); J.M. Coulson, Chemical Engineering: An Introduction to Design (1983); and J.M. Coulson et al., Chemical Engineering, 6 vol. in various editions (1977–96), a general textbook.

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Invalidated site: Science History Institute Museum and Library - The First Century of Chemical Engineering. Sep 07, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for A Globally Oriented Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable. Dec 06, 2025
Add new Web site: National Academies Press - Chemical Engineering Today. Oct 10, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Design acceleration in chemical engineering (PDF). Mar 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Chemistry - Grand challenges in chemical engineering. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: ACS - Chemical Engineering. Oct 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Science History Institute Museum and Library - The First Century of Chemical Engineering. Jan 12, 2024
Add new Web site: ACS Publications - The Origins of Chemical Engineering. Jun 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - What is Chemical Engineering? Apr 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford University - Stanford Chemical Engineering - What is Chemical Engineering. Dec 13, 2013
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - What is Chemical Engineering? Dec 13, 2013
Add new Web site: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering - Chemical Engineer. Dec 13, 2013
Bibliography revised. Jun 09, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 26, 1999
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