117374-01
Chemical essays... To which is added, Sir Torbern Bergman's admired essay on the usefulness of chemistry. 3rd edition.
Dublin, Moncrieffe, 1783. - (20,5 x 12,5 cm). VIII, 480 S. Mit 1 mehrfach gefalteten Tabelle. Lederband der Zeit.
"Watson wrote these essays not to provide a system of chemistry but to supply general knowledge on important and interesting chemical topics to persons untrained in chemistry. The 28 essays published here comprise those of Volumes I-III of the Chemical Essays (in 5 Vol.). Some of the topics treated are the Rise and Progress of Chemistry, Terms and Operations, Saltpetre, Gunpowder and Calcareous Earth. Partington praised the fourth essay, On Fire, Sulphur and Phlogiston, as an excellent account of the phlogiston theory. To the Watson Essays has been added An Essay on the Usefulness of Chemistry by T. Bergman" (Cole). - Watson (1737-1816), Professor für Chemie in Cambridge, trat besonders durch seine mineralogischen und physikalisch-chemischen Arbeiten hervor. He "is best known for his 'Chemical Essays', some of which are still valued for their lucidity - in particular his account of the phlogiston theory" (DSB). - Exlibris. Die ersten 5 Blätter mit sehr schwachem Wasserrand im oberen Teil. Einband leicht berieben und bestoßen, sonst gut erhalten. - DSB 14, 191; Partington II, 765; Cole 1341 und 100
Chemical essays... To which is added, Sir Torbern Bergman's admired essay on the usefulness of chemistry. 3rd edition.
Dublin, Moncrieffe, 1783. - (20,5 x 12,5 cm). VIII, 480 S. Mit 1 mehrfach gefalteten Tabelle. Lederband der Zeit.
"Watson wrote these essays not to provide a system of chemistry but to supply general knowledge on important and interesting chemical topics to persons untrained in chemistry. The 28 essays published here comprise those of Volumes I-III of the Chemical Essays (in 5 Vol.). Some of the topics treated are the Rise and Progress of Chemistry, Terms and Operations, Saltpetre, Gunpowder and Calcareous Earth. Partington praised the fourth essay, On Fire, Sulphur and Phlogiston, as an excellent account of the phlogiston theory. To the Watson Essays has been added An Essay on the Usefulness of Chemistry by T. Bergman" (Cole). - Watson (1737-1816), Professor für Chemie in Cambridge, trat besonders durch seine mineralogischen und physikalisch-chemischen Arbeiten hervor. He "is best known for his 'Chemical Essays', some of which are still valued for their lucidity - in particular his account of the phlogiston theory" (DSB). - Exlibris. Die ersten 5 Blätter mit sehr schwachem Wasserrand im oberen Teil. Einband leicht berieben und bestoßen, sonst gut erhalten. - DSB 14, 191; Partington II, 765; Cole 1341 und 100
450 €