Darcet, Jean Pierre Joseph (1777-1844)

Two short papers. Author's holograph MSS. (1) Note sur l'essai des alliages de platine et d'argent...lue à la Société Philosophique. [Paris], 1814 (11 ll. 4to. 221/2 x 17 cm.). Printed in the 'Annales de Chimie', Vol. LXXXIX, 1814. (2) Expérience faite sur la conduite en plomb, Barrière de la Santé à la ferme Ste. Anne [Paris], 1825 (7 ll. folio. 34 x 22 cm.). Margins frayed. The last leaf is by a different hand, but signed by Darcet. It is headed: 'Netoyage des conduites qui amènent l'eau d'Arcueil à Paris'. Produced in Paris.

1814, 1825

1 volume 4to. & folio. Unbound.

(1) Purchased 1935. (2) 1934.

The author was the son of Jean Darcet [1727-1801], and was himself a distinguished Chemist.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).