Wright's Threshold of Science.
by C R Alder Wright
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Scarborough , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Full tan calf. Gilt edging on boards. Green title plate with gilt lettering and ornate decoration on the spine.
Still a workable book The Threshold of Science: A Variety of Simple and Amusing Experiments Illustrating Some of the Chief Physical and Chemical Properties of Surrounding Objects, and the Effects Upon Them of Light and Heat
Charles Romley Alder Wright FCS, FRS (7 September 1844 – 25 June 1894) was an English lecturer in chemistry and physics researcher at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, England. He was a founder of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. Alder Wright developed hundreds of new opiate compounds and was the first person to synthesize diamorphine (heroin), in 1874. He also discovered AlSb (aluminium antimonide). In addition to research papers on a wide variety of topics, Wright published several books, including one to interest young readers in The Threshold of Science: a Variety of Simple and Amusing Experiments.
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- Bookseller
- Martin Frost (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FB978 /6A
- Title
- Wright's Threshold of Science.
- Author
- C R Alder Wright
- Format/Binding
- Leather binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Griffin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 14 x19 x4cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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