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The arsenal of eighteenth-century chemistry : the laboratories of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) / by Marco Beretta, Paolo Brenni.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beretta, Marco, author.
- Brenni, Paolo, author.
- Series:
- Nuncius series ; v. 10.
- Nuncius series : studies and sources in the material and visual history of science ; volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemical apparatus--Private collections--France--Catalogs.
- Chemical apparatus.
- Chemistry--France--History--18th century.
- Chemistry.
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794--Scientific apparatus collections--Catalogs.
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent.
- Musée des arts et métiers (France)--Scientific apparatus collections--Catalogs.
- Musée des arts et métiers (France).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The substantial collection of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's apparatus is not the only surviving collection of eighteenth-century chemical apparatus and instrumentation, but it is without question the most important. The present study provides the first scientific catalogue of Lavoisier's surviving apparatus. This collection of instruments is remarkable not only for the quality of many of them but, above all, for the number of items that have survived (ca. 600 items). Given such a wealth and variety of instruments, this study also offers the first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct the cultural and social context of Lavoisier's experimental activities"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Robert G.W. Anderson
- Preface / Marco Beretta, Paolo Brenni
- The chemical laboratories in Paris (1743-1776)
- Lavoisier's approach to chemical instrument making
- Lavoisier's sites of experimental practice : from the field to the laboratory (1764-1794)
- The cost of Lavoisier's laboratory
- The chemical revolution on stage : Lavoisier's collection of instruments (1789-2020)
- Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Lavoisier's instruments in the Musée des Arts et Métiers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Beretta, Marco. Arsenal of eighteenth-century chemistry
- ISBN:
- 9789004408692
- 900440869X
- OCLC:
- 1337031903
- Publisher Number:
- 99991279506
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