Fourcroy: Chemist and Revolutionary 1755-1809
by Smeaton, W. A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons for the author , 1962. Biography of the French chemist, instrumental in popularizing Lavoisier's anti-phlogiston views, but also important in French scientific education, the French Revolution, and as a researcher & writer. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; price-clipped (both corners) jacket shows minor edgwear, lightly tanned spine, minor smudging, a few small spots. Text clean; xxi, [3], 288 pages; indexes, notes, extensive bibliography of Fourcroy's works and their translations;b/w frontispiece portrait &6 b/w plates, as called for. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0446
- Title
- Fourcroy: Chemist and Revolutionary 1755-1809
- Author
- Smeaton, W. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Heffer & Sons for the author
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1962
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Biography, France, French Scientists, History of Science, Chemistry, Anti-Phlogiston Theory, Lavoisier, French Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Chemistry;
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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