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Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water : with a letter from his son / edited with introductory remarks and an appendix by James Patrick Muirhead ...
Making of the Modern World, Part 1: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850 Available online
Making of the Modern World, Part 1: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watt, James, 1736-1819.
- Series:
- Making of the modern world
- Making of the Modern World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watt, James, 1736-1819.
- Water--Composition.
- Watt, James, 1736-1819--Correspondence.
- Scientists--Great Britain--Correspondence.
- Scientists.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Discovery of the composition of water
- Place of Publication:
- London : J. Murray ; Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1846.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Half title: The discovery of the composition of water.
- Appendix III. Experiments on air, by H. Cavendish. -- IV. Mémoire où l'on prouve par le décomposition de l'eau, que ce fluide n'est point une substance simple, et qu'il y a plusieurs moyens d'obtenir en grand l'air inflammable qui y entre comme principe constituant, par mm. Meusnier et Lavoisier. -- V. Mémoire dans lequel on a pour objet de prouver que l'eau n'est point une substance simple, un élément proprement dit, mais qu'elle est susceptible de décomposition et de recomposition, par m. Lavoisier. -- VI. Mémoire sur le resultat de l'inflammation de gaz inflammable et de l'air déphlogistique dans des vaisseaux clos, par m. Monge. -- VII. Extract from the translation of M. Arago's Historical eloge of James Watt, relative to the discovery of the composition of water. -- VIII. Historical note on the discovery of the theory of the composition of water, by Lord Brougham. --
- (cont.) IX. Extract from the Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 20. jan. 1840, p. 109-111.
- Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University.
- Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 34927.5.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
- OCLC:
- 65307708
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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