Chemical Essays, principally relating to the Arts and Manufactures of the British Dominions. The Second Edition, greatly enlarged.
Parkes, Samuel.
Published by London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1823
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Mark Westwood Books PBFA, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
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Two volumes, xxxv, 648; xiv, 718pp. 24 copper engraved plates, some folding. Good crisp copies in contemporary full calf with new spine labels. Bookplates of Frederick Perkins. A few plates are a little foxed. Scarce. Not in Duveen which only has a one volume third edition of 1830. First published in 1815, this second edition is enlarged and contains much historical information. The plates show new manufacturing processes such as calico printing, cokemaking, sulphuric acid, citric acid, alkali furnace, bleaching, steel manufacture etc. Seller Inventory # WS021
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Title: Chemical Essays, principally relating to the...
Publisher: London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
Publication Date: 1823
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
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