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Chemical observations and experiments on air and fire. By Charles-William Scheele, ... with a prefatory introduction, by Torbern Bergman; translated from the German by J. R. Forster, ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1780 Hig (b.w.) Af.390.3 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, 1742-1786 13302
- Standardized Title:
- Chemische Abhandlung von der Luft und dem Feuer. English
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- xl,193,[1]p.,plate ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Johnson, 1780.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Higgins, Experiments, q.v.; item 3 in volume. Entered as "Experiments on Air and Fire 1 [vol.]" in "Liste des Livres de Mr. Franklin," 8 January 1782 (P 36: 341). Modern half sheep over contemporary boards; bound with other items. Pencil number inside front cover: C71 N21; purchased from Dufief, 1801-03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (36); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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