A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry ... with an appendix containing a view of the late doctrines and discoveries in chemistry by Thomas Cooper, 2 vols.
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- Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, 1814
Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, 1814. First Edition with Cooper's notes.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; some overall browning with occasional spotting; bindings chafed.. 8vo, I - xl, 424; II - [4], 451, [9 - index] pp. + 7 engraved plates.
Though Accum's treatise stands alone as an important compendium of chemistry informed by, and incorporating, the modern theories of Lavoisier and Thomson it is here present with the important additions - in two appendices - of the American polymath Thomas Cooper. Cooper, who was teaching at Dickinson College in Carlisle PA at this time, takes the opportunity of his assignment as editor to address the new theories of Lavoisier and the atomic theory of Dalton (via Thomson). It is a landmark in American chemistry. Rink #675; Cole #10a; see Neville p. 10.
Though Accum's treatise stands alone as an important compendium of chemistry informed by, and incorporating, the modern theories of Lavoisier and Thomson it is here present with the important additions - in two appendices - of the American polymath Thomas Cooper. Cooper, who was teaching at Dickinson College in Carlisle PA at this time, takes the opportunity of his assignment as editor to address the new theories of Lavoisier and the atomic theory of Dalton (via Thomson). It is a landmark in American chemistry. Rink #675; Cole #10a; see Neville p. 10.
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Title
A System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry ... with an appendix containing a view of the late doctrines and discoveries in chemistry by Thomas Cooper, 2 vols.
Author
Accum, F C (edited by Thomas Cooper)
Binding
Full contemporary calf.
Condition
Good
Publisher
Kimber and Conrad: Philadelphia
Date
1814
Edition
First Edition with Cooper's notes.