THE RUDIMENTS OF CHEMISTRY - ILLUSTRATED BY EXPERIMENTS AND COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVINGS OF CHEMICAL APPARATUS
Book Details + Condition: Baldwin, Cradock, Joy and Archibald Constable (London and Edinburgh). Fourth Edition, 1826. Hardcover measuring 6.5" x 4.5", with marbled boards and three-quarters leather binding. 258 pages with Index. Illustrated with copper-plate engravings, and includes fold-out illustrations. Comprehensive overview of chemistry geared for students at the introductory level. Chapters include:
- Introduction
- Of Atmospheric Air
- Of Caloric
- Of Water
- Of Earth
- Of Alkalies
- Of Acids
- Of Salts
- Of Simple Combustibles
- Of Metals
- Of Oxides
- Of Combustion
- Of Affinity and Repulsion
Firm binding; wear to boards, with rubbing to boards and binding; chafed spine ends, with small split to bottom spine; one page with torn corner (which does not affect the text); foxing and age-toning to pages; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.
