The Elements of Experimental Chemistry ... The Third American from the Sixth English edition, Greatly Enlarged by the Author ; and Illustrated with Nine Plates ...
Boston: Thomas & Andrews 1814. Vol 1: 395, [1] pages and 10 folding plates of apparatus. Vol 2: 443, [1] pages. 8vo. Calf, with red spine labels and simple gilt rules. Spot of insect damage to base of spine panel Volume 2. Pages are browned, at times extensively. While not "foxed" in the traditional sense, the browning is variegated as if not washed uniformly in manufacturing. Previous owner's name (William S? Robert Yale College 1814) inked on front flyleaves. A sound set. Very Good. Boards. [21064]
"The Fourth American edition (despite the statement on the title), and the second with a Boston imprint. It is the first American edition to reprint the greatly enlarged two-volume English edition (London, 1810). Benjamin Silliman has added extensive notes (Vol I, pp 343-395; Vol II: pp 389-420) on gases, metals, and several other subjects. Silliman 'was the greatest scientific lecturer of his time and ... did much to stimulate the study of chemistry and geology in the United States' (Miles, American Chemists and Chemical Engineers)." (Neville, Vol 2 p. 622).
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