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  • Rural economy, in its relations with chemistry, physics, and meterology; or, An application of the principles of chemistry and physiology to the details of practical farming / By J.B. Boussingault. Translated with an introduction and notes by George Law.
  • Serratula tinctoria subsp. seoanei (Willk.)M.Lainz Asteraceae. Saw-wort (in the USA called Dyer's plumeless saw-wort). Distribution: Europe. Named after Dr Victor Lopez Seoane (1832-1900) a Spanish naturalist and physician who was Professor of Physics, Chemistry and Natural History in Corunna. He attained a certain infamy in that three of the subspecies of birds which he published as new discoveries were in leaflets dated 1870 and 1891 but were actually published in 1894, the discovery of which rendered two of his discoveries attributable to others (Ferrer, in Ingenium 7:345-377 (2001). This plant was described by Heinrich Willkomm in 1899 as Serratula seoanei, but M. Lainz, in 1979, decided it was merely a subspecies of Serratula tinctoria, a plant described by Linnaeus (1753). Linnaeus based his description on a plant with a woodcut in Dodoens' Pemptades (1583), saying it had pinnate leaves. However, that woodcut is of two different plants, and when re-used by Gerard (1633) he pointed out that Tabernamontanus (1625) had a woodcut of them and a third plant all with leaves varying from just pinnate to entire. Whatever, the leaves on Serratula tinctorius subsp. seoanei are very distinct, but while pinnate the leaflets are exceedingly narrowly and deeply dissected, Gerard (1633) writes that it is 'wonderfully commended to be most singular [useful] for wounds, ruptures, burstings, and such like...' It is a dye plant, containing luteolin, the same yellow dye as is present in Reseda luteola (source of the dye 'weld'). Seoane also has a viper, Vipera seoanei, named after him
  • Mr. Pearsall's lectures and visits, (as agent and lecturer to the Yorkshire Union of Mechanics' Institutes).
  • The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In six volumes. To which is prefixed the life of the author / [by T. Birch].
  • Quality control : Turpin aim to maintain the highest standards in order fulfilment and despatch... / Turpin Distribution Services Limited.
  • The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle. In six volumes. To which is prefixed the life of the author / [by T. Birch].
  • The medical and physical journal.
  • The medical and physical journal.
  • Radium.
  • Radium.
  • Radium.
  • Radium.
  • Radium.
  • Radium.
  • Radium.
  • Justus von Liebig and eight others seated in a committee. Gouache drawing.
  • The medical repository.
  • The medical repository.
  • The medical repository.
  • The medical repository.
  • Interior of a pharmaceutical laboratory with people at work; the shop is visible through a doorway. Engraving, 1747.