WURTZ, Leçons élémentaires de chimie moderne, 1875

Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) was an influential French chemist, a member of the Institute and the Academy of Medicine, and Dean and Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. His Leçons élémentaires de chimie moderne (Elementary Lessons in Modern Chemistry) is a key textbook that helped disseminate the concepts of modern chemistry of his time. Wurtz was a strong advocate for atomic theory and standardized chemical notation. This work, due to its clarity and updated content (third edition, revised and augmented, with 132 figures), played an important role in teaching and popularizing chemistry in France, particularly organic chemistry.