Conversations on chemistry,
in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates.
To which are added, some late discoveries on the subject of the fixed alkalies, by H. Davy ... A description and plate of the pneumatic cistern of Yale College. And a short account of artificial mineral waters in the United States. With an appendix, consisting of treatises on dyeing, tanning and currying.

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Main Author

Marcet, (Jane Haldimand), Mrs. 1769-1858.

Related Names

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864.
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.

Language(s)

English

Published

N. Haven [Conn.] From Sidney's Press for Increase Cooke & Co., book-sellers, 1813.

Note

A page-for-page reprint of the 1809 New Haven edition.
Vol. 2 has half-title only.

Physical Description

2 v. in 1 (xi, 358, 17, [6] p.) : 12 plates. ; 18 cm.

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