Elemens de Chimie experimentale. Traduit de l'anglois sur la sixieme edition, dediee a m. Dalton, par H. F. Gaultier-Claubry . . .

HENRY, William (1734-1816).

Published by chez Magimel, libraire pour l'art militaire, 1812., Paris :, 1812

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2 volumes. 8vo. [i-ii], [v]-xxiv, 538 ; [i-ii], [v]-XV, [1], 687, [1] pp. 10 engraved folding plates, some signed by Adam ; LACKING BOTH TITLE-PAGES. Contemporary dark blue boards, deep red leather gilt-stamped spine labels; scratched, rubbed, corners showing. Very good. [208] First edition in French. Henri-Francois Gaultier de Claubry (1792-1878) translated William Henry's Elements of Experimental Chemistry, 1810, 6th edition, into French and issued in 1812. This was the same work as his Epitome, but renamed in 1810. / "The 6th edition of the Epitome of chemistry was greatly expanded and the title was changed to Elements of . . . Greater stress was laid on theoretical matters." â " Cole. / The 6th edition was dedicated to John Dalton, William Henry's lifelong friend. The translator mentions working on a translation of Dalton's New System of Chemistry (v. I, p. 50). "Henry's most notable chemical investigations were on hydrocarbon gases and on the combustion of ammonia with oxygen. In the latter, he determined the composition of ammonia gas by exploding it with a small quantity of oxygen. Henry entered Edinburgh University in 1795. By 1798-1799, he had given his first lecture demonstrations, firmly rooted in the new doctrines and nomenclature. His textbook, Elements of Experimental Chemistry, was the most popular and successful chemistry text in English for more than thirty years." â " DSB. / William Henry (1774-1836) was a famous British scientist, physicist and chemist, who in 1803 formulated the law on the dissolution of gases in liquids, known as Henry's Law (at constant temperature and saturation, the quantity of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the partial pressure exerted by the gas on the liquid). REFERENCES: Cole 624 (1810, mentioning this 1812 edition); DSB VI, p. 284-5; Partington III, p. 826. This translation not in Neville. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY.

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• Title: Elemens de Chimie experimentale. Traduit de l'anglois sur la sixieme edition, dediee a m. Dalton, par H. F. Gaultier-Claubry . . .
• Publisher: chez Magimel, libraire pour l'art militaire, 1812., Paris :
• Publication Date: 1812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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