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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, Esq., of the Royal Society
- 1809
Conversations on Chemistry is an introductory chemical textbook. To this third American edition (the first and second: Philadelphia, 1806, and 1809), the anonymous editor has added new material on mineral waters and the…
- Author Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858
- Contributor Increase Cooke & Co.
- Publisher Sidney's Press
- Subject Workshop recipes, Tanning, Alkalies, Women in science, Mineral waters, Cisterns, Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858, Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829, Chemistry--Study and teaching
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Plate 5: Hygrometer; gasometers; mephitic water apparatus
- Part of An Explanatory Dictionary of the Apparatus and Instruments Employed in the Various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental Chemistry
- 1824
Depicts a hygrometer, gasometers, blowpipe forceps, magnifier, a mephitic water apparatus in figure 9, "ill calculated for the purpose of impregnating water with carbonic acid," and an air furnace.
- Author Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838
- Engraver Adlard, Henry
- Publisher Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803-1874
- Subject Chemistry, Chemical apparatus, Water, Hygrometers, Scientific apparatus and instruments