90901-01
Kirwan, Richard.
Conclusion of the Experiments and Observations concerning the Attractive Powers of the Mineral Acids.

(London, 1783). - (25,5 x 19,5 cm). SS. 15-84. Rückenbroschur, unbeschnitten. (Aus: Transactions of the Royal Society).

Erste Ausgabe einer seiner wichtigsten chemischen Arbeiten. - "Kirwan suposed that the basis of inflammable air (hydrogen) is identical with phlogiston... Kirwan's paper of 1783 contains corrections of several erroneous experiments of Priestley on inflammable air" (Partington). - Stellenweise leicht stockfleckig, sonst gut erhalten. - DSB 7, 387; Partington III, 663


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