Conversations on chemistry : in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments, and sixteen copper-plate engravings : to which are now added, explanations of the text -- questions for exercise -- directions for simplifying the apparatus, and a vocabulary of terms -- together with a list of interesting experiments / by Dr. J.L. Comstock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcet, Mrs. (Jane Haldimand), 1769-1858.

Contributor:

Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry.

Penn Provenance:

Gilman, Eliza S. (autograph, Salisbury 1823) (copy 2)

Segerblom, W., Mrs. (donor) (copy 2)

M'Gowan, Peter M. (stamp) (copy 3)

M'Gowan, W.D. (autograph) (copy 3)

Physical Description:

xii, 383 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm

Edition:

The eighth American from the sixth London edition / revised, corrected and enlarged.

Place of Publication:

Hartford : Oliver D. Cooke, 1822.

Contents:

1. On simple bodies

2. On compound bodies.

Notes:

First published anonymously, London, 1806. By Jane Marcet.

Includes index.

Cited in:

Shoemaker 9359.

OCLC:

78664684