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Directions for the proper using The Glass Apparatus to make Artificial Mineral Water, by impregnating it with fixed Air, &c. &c. &c. sold by William Parker and Son, At their Glass Manufactory, No. 69, Fleet-Street = : Maniere De se Servir de l'Appareil en Cristal destiné a preparer de l'Eau minerale artificielle, au moyen de l'Air fixe. Tel quel se vend au Magazin de Cristaux de M.M. Parker, Pere & Fils, No. 69, Fleet Street; où se trouvent toutes Sortes de vàisseaux & instrumens en cristal pour les experiments de physique & de chimie.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection box 4 no 58
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Directions for the proper using the glass apparatus to make artificial mineral water. English & French.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- England.
- William Parker and Son--Early works to 1800.
- William Parker and Son.
- Glass manufacture--England--Early works to 1800.
- Glass manufacture.
- Glass trade--England--Early works to 1800.
- Glass trade.
- Mineral waters--Early works to 1800.
- Mineral waters.
- Genre:
- Promotional materials.
- Early works.
- Advertisements.
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 1786.
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 33 x 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Maniere De se Servir de l'Appareil en Cristal destiné a preparer de l'Eau minerale artificielle, au moyen de l'Air fixe
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : [William Parker and Son], [1786?]
- Language Note:
- Text in English on recto; French translation on verso.
- Notes:
- "Directions For making the Aqua Mephitica Alcalina, or Solution of Vegetable Alcaline Salt, saturated with fixable Air, which has been lately discovered to be an efficacious Remedy in Calculous Complaints and other Disorders of the Urinary Passages, attended with Strangury. ... "--Recto.
- "Maniere de preparer l'Eau Mephitiso-Alcaline, ou Solution d'Alkali vegetal saturée d'Air fixe reconnue dernierement pour etre un remede efficace dans les symptomes de Gravelle & autres cas ou les conduíts de l'urine sont affectes, & cette Secretion supprimée. Voyez l'appendix du Dr. Falconer, a la 2d. Edition du Commentaire du Dr. Dobson, Sur les proprietes Medecinales del, Air fixe. ..."--Verso.
- A footnote references the second edition of Matthew Dobson, A medical commentary on fixed air, which was published in 1785; the third edition was published in 1787.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from John Drury Rare Books.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.
- Cited in:
- ESTC, N509112
- Contains:
- Directions For making the Aqua Mephitica Alcalina, or Solution of Vegetable Alcaline Salt, saturated with fixable Air.
- Maniere de preparer l'Eau Mephitiso-Alcaline, ou Solution d'Alkali vegetal saturée d'Air fixe.
- OCLC:
- 1240821478
- Online:
- http://estc.bl.uk/N509112
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