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73: 843: 33: 294:, Ronalds having moved to Bonnington, and a third edition was published in 1889–1903. The book was recognised as a standard text and helped introduce the study of chemical technology at universities in Britain and beyond. 216:. Hugh Ronalds, a brother of Edmund Ronalds, later also became a partner at Bonnington. Edmund finally closed the works in 1878, when he was suffering extended ill health and Tennent and Tennant had died. 371:'s sister Barbara Christian Tennent on 23 December 1850 and they had three sons and three daughters. They advanced funding to enable their eldest son, chemist Edmund Hugh Ronalds, to purchase the 853: 895: 64:
that helped begin university teaching of chemical applications for industry, and was a pioneer in the incorporation of advanced research into a manufacturing firm.
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Ronalds' university education was conducted principally in Germany.  His key supervisors for his subsequent career were philosophy professor
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School of Medicine. In 1849 he was appointed as the inaugural professor of chemistry at Queen's College Galway (now
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When he retired from business, he established a private research laboratory which any chemist was welcome to use.
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Ronalds, B.F. (2019). "Bringing Together Academic and Industrial Chemistry: Edmund Ronalds' Contribution".
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My Hand Will Write what My Heart Dictates: The Unsettled Lives of Women in Nineteenth-century New Zealand
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where he wintered each year.  On his death, it passed to his brother Dr Tennent Ronalds, an
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in both unoxidised and oxidised states and quantified the amounts. The results were of value for
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and his mother Eliza Jemima was the daughter of Dr James Anderson, who ran a respected school in
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Ronalds, B.F. (2019). "Bonnington Chemical Works (1822-1878): Pioneer Coal Tar Company".
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Maybery, C.F. (1896). "On the Composition of the Ohio and Canadian Sulphur Petroleums".
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but they returned to Islington in 1839 and resided at the east end of Canonbury Place.
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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He was the eldest of at least 12 children. Five of his siblings moved to
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were processed into valuable products. His partners in the company were
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Ronalds, E. (1842). "Ueber die Oxydation des Wachses durch Salpetersäure".
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Ronalds died at his home Bonnington House, Leith (immediately north of
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for 1849 and 1850. In 1852 he published an analysis of the oil of the
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International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology
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A Treatise on the Distillation of Coal-tar and Ammoniacal Liquor
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Ronalds, E. (1852). "Note on the Oil of the Squalus maximus".
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On returning home in 1842, he became assistant to Professor
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nearby; the grave is just south of the main eastwest path.
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While running the Bonnington works, he read a paper to the
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Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph
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Ronalds, E.; Richardson, T.; Watts, H. (1855–1867).
383:, who enjoyed hunting and fishing there and at the 309:, emphasising its unusual and valuable properties. 107:in the 1850s where his sisters married brothers of 39: 23: 492:Porter, F.; Macdonald, C.; MacDonald, T. (1996). 240:, and published the results in Liebig's journal. 139:, the professor of physics and technology at the 96:. For most of his childhood the family lived at 76:The grave of Edmund Ronalds in Rosebank Cemetery 224:Ronalds’ doctoral research was in the field of 702:Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 255:(1846). That same year his important paper on 660:. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. 189:, where the residues from the manufacture of 8: 862:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 831:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 766:. Vol. 3. 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Vol. 4. p. 385. 151:, where he was awarded his 119:'s cotton-spinning family. 912: 314:Royal Society of Edinburgh 143:, and chemistry professor 714:10.1017/S0080456800019918 496:. Bridget Williams Books. 332:dissolved in the crude - 187:Bonnington Chemical Works 168:Aldersgate Medical School 164:University College London 30: 696:Ronalds, Edmund (1864). 556:10.1002/jlac.18420430309 236:by oxidation he created 220:Research and publication 822:"Ronalds, Edmund"  779:Dictionary of Chemistry 385:Orchard Pond Plantation 602:10.1098/rstl.1846.0023 446:Ronalds, B.F. (2016). 284:Friedrich Ludwig Knapp 282:translated and edited 77: 764:Treatise on Chemistry 232:chemistry. Analysing 149:University of Giessen 131:of the university of 129:Jakob Friedrich Fries 75: 68:Upbringing and family 583:Ronalds, E. 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FRSE
chemist
technology

Canonbury
Islington
Francis Ronalds
Hammersmith
Brixton Hill
New Zealand
Harry Atkinson
Algiers
Samuel Greg
Jakob Friedrich Fries
Jena
Gustav Magnus
University of Berlin
Justus von Liebig
University of Giessen
doctorate
Thomas Graham
University College London
Aldersgate Medical School
Middlesex Hospital
NUI Galway
Galway
Bonnington Chemical Works
coal gas
Edinburgh

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