Alembic Club Reprints (17 volume set)

Published by Alembic club, Edinburgh, 1910

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17 volume set. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Edge wear. Presentation plates on front end pages. Contents: 1. Experiments on magnesia alba, quicklime and other alcaline substances; 2. Foundations of the atomic theory; 3. Experiments on air; 4. Foundations of the molecular theory; 5. Extracts from micrographia; 6. Decomposition of the alkalies and alkaline earths; 7. Discovery of oxygen, pt. 1; 8. Discovery of oxygen, pt. 2; 9. Elementary nature of chlorine; 10. Researches on the arseniates, phosphates, and modifications of phosphoric acid; 11. Essays of Jean Rey; 12. Liquefaction of gases; 13. Early history of chlorine; 14. Molecular asymmetry; 15. The electrolysis of organic compounds; 16. Papers on etherification and on the constitution of salts; 18. Sketch of a course of chemical philosophy. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).

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Title
Alembic Club Reprints (17 volume set)
Author
Joseph Black; Robert Hooke; Michael Faraday; Jean Rey; Humphry Davy; Louis Pasteur
Publisher
Alembic club, Edinburgh
Publication year
1910
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
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