A new method of chemistry; including the theory and practice of that art: laid down on mechanical principles, and accommodated to the uses of life. The whole making a clear and rational system of chemical philosophy. To which is prefix'd a critical history of chemistry and chemists, from the origin of the art to the present time. / Written by the very learned H. Boerhaave; translated from the printed ed., collated with the best manuscript copies. By P. Shaw, M. D. and E. Chambers; with additional notes and sculptures.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738.

Contributor:

• Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763, translator.
• Chambers, Ephraim, approximately 1680-1740, translator.
• Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

• English
• Latin

Subjects (All):

• Chemistry--Early works to 1800.
• Chemistry.

Physical Description:

xvi, 383, 335 pages, 43 unnumbered pages : 2 plates ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1727.

OCLC:

3580898