117373-01
Stack, Richard.
An introduction to the study of chemistry, explaining its principles, and their application to arts, manufactures, &c... with an appendix containing the modern theory.

Dublin, Graisberry and Campbell, 1802. - (21 x 13 cm). (4) IV, XI, 322 S. Mit 1 gefalteten Tabelle. Lederband der Zeit.

Erste Ausgabe. - "Stack (d. 1812), author and lecturer, attended Trinity College, Dublin... became vice president of the Royal Irish Academy, and contributed to its 'Transactions'. This excellent elementary work is... divided into five parts, each comprising several chapters: chemistry in general, salts, metals and minerals, vegetable and animal substances. There is much on the application of chemistry to various industries (e.g., dyeing, glassmaking, gunpowder, soap making). The appendix (pp. 289-322) mentions the researches of Lavoisier, Fourcroy, Cavendish, Watt, and others. The table lists compounds formed from various elements, with the old and new nomenclature" (Neville). - Exlibris. Anfang und Ende gering stockfleckig. Einband leicht bestoßen. Unteres Kapital mit kleiner Fehlstelle, sonst gut erhalten. - Cole 1243; Neville II, 506


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