2 Volumes. large 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 9(index), [1]blank, 836; 2 p.l., 1186, 10(index). 2 engraved titles, 2 engraved frontis. portraits of the author, & 30 other engraved portraits. numerous wood-engraved text illus. text in double columns. modern cloth (light dampstaining to lower margins of first leaves & plates of Vol. I). First Edition. The dictionary includes articles on acetic acid, alcohol, arsenic, beer, bleaching, bread, caoutchouc, dyeing and calico-printing, ether, glass, gunpowder, gutta-percha, leather, mercury, opium, paper, perfumery, photography, silver, soap, wine, and other substances. The thirty engraved plates comprise portraits of Sir Humphrey Day, Gay-Lussac, Andrew Ure, Lavoisier, John Dalton, Liebig, Chevreul, Joseph Priestley, Chaptal, Faraday, and other distinguished scientists.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Chemistry Theoretical, Practical And Analytical, As Applied And Relating To The Arts And Manufactures.

Publisher

London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, &c.: William Mackenzie, [1860].

Publication Date

1860

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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