Volume 1

Chemical essays / by R. Watson.

  • Watson, Richard, 1737-1816.
Date:
1793-1796
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Chemical essays / by R. Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    before Agricola publiflied his twelve, books De Re Me tallica, yet lie is juftly efteemed the firft author of re- putation in that branch of chemiftry. Lazarus Erckern (aflay-mafter general of the empire of Germany) followed Agricola in the fame pur- fuit. His works were firft publifli- ed at Prague in 1574? and an Eng- lifli tranflation of them by Sir John Pettus, came out at London in 1683. The works of Agricola and Erckern are Hill highly efteemed, though feveral others have been publiflied, chiefly in Germany, upon the fame fubje.d flnee their time. Amongft thefe we may reckon Schindler’s Art of Allaying Ores and Metals ; metallurgic works of Orfchall; the works of Henckell; •of Sclutter ; of Cramer ; of Lehman; and