Les Calcul des Operations Chimiques soit une Methode pour la Recherche par le Moyen de Symboles. Des Lois de la Distribution du Poids dans les Transformations Chimiques

Brodie, Benjamin C.

Published by Paris: Gaithier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1879

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Benjamin Collins Brodie (1817 to 1880) was a British chemist known for his work on graphite and allotropic carbon, but his Le Calcul des OpĆ rations Chimiques (1879) represents an ambitious attempt to establish a symbolic algebraic system for chemistry. The book explores the mathematical foundations of chemical transformations, proposing a symbolic method for expressing chemical reactions and weight distributions in a manner akin to algebra. Published toward the end of Brodie s career, this work reflects his philosophical and theoretical inclinations, aiming to provide a formalized, logical structure for chemistry at a time when atomic theory was still evolving. However, despite its innovative approach, Le Calcul des OpĆ rations Chimiques remained largely overlooked due to the increasing acceptance of atomic and molecular models based on Dalton's atomic theory and Avogadro's hypothesis. First French Edition, 4to in orig. printed wrappers: title page, 155 (1) pp, endpapers loosely attached to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les Calcul des Operations Chimiques soit une Methode pour la Recherche par le Moyen de Symboles. Des Lois de la Distribution du Poids dans les Transformations Chimiques
• Publisher: Paris: Gaithier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire
• Publication Date: 1879
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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  • Chemistry