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.

  • Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858.
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1813
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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. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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2 volumes in 1 (xi, 1 unnumbered page, 358 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 17 pages, 7 unnumbered pages, XI leaves of plates) : illustrations (engravings) ; 18 cm

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A page-for-page reprint of the 1809 New Haven edition
Attributed to Jane Haldimand Marcet
Vol. 2 has half-title only
Frontispiece has title: Pneumatic cistern of Yale College. Signed: Engraved for Increase Cooke & Co., New Haven. Drawn & engraved by A. Doolittle. Other plates are signed: Drawn by the author. Engraved for Increase Cooke & Co., New Haven. Doolittle, sc
Includes index
Bookseller's advertisement on last page

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Shaw & Shoemaker 29047

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1958. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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