Conversations on chemistry. In which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates. To which are added some late discoveries on the subject of the fixed alkalies. By H. Davy, Esq. of the Royal Society. A description and plate of the pneumatic cistern of Yale-College. And a short account of artificial mineral waters in the United States. With an appendix, consisting of treatises on dyeing, tanning and currying.

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Title Conversations on chemistry. In which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates. To which are added some late discoveries on the subject of the fixed alkalies. By H. Davy, Esq. of the Royal Society. A description and plate of the pneumatic cistern of Yale-College. And a short account of artificial mineral waters in the United States. With an appendix, consisting of treatises on dyeing, tanning and currying.
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Volumes 1
Pagination xi, 358
Date of Publication 1814
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Imprint From Sidney's Press.
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Location of Printing New Haven US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 18
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Notes AAS Notes:
By Mrs. Jane Haldimand Marcet. Also attributed to Mrs. Margaret Bryan.
Frontispiece signed: Drawn & engraved by A. Doolittle. Other plates drawn by the author and engraved by Doolittle.
Another issue (Shaw 32008), with the title page reset, bears imprint: From Sidney's Press. For Howe & Deforest, & Increase Cooke & Co. 1814.
"Appendix."--p. [1]-17, 3rd count.
"Index."--p. [18-24], 3rd count.
"Just published, by Thomas & Andrews, & Cummings & Hilliard, Boston, & by Howe & Deforest, New-Haven. The elements of experimental chemistry, by William Henry ..."--p. [25-26], 3rd count.
"Books for sale at the store of (late) Increase Cooke, & Co."--p. [26], 3rd count.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Rink, E. Technical Americana,
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Davy, Humphry, Bryan, Margaret, Marcet, Jane. Conversations on chemistry. In which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates. To which are added some late discoveries on the subject of the fixed alkalies. By H. Davy, Esq. of the Royal Society. A description and plate of the pneumatic cistern of Yale-College. And a short account of artificial mineral waters in the United States. With an appendix, consisting of treatises on dyeing, tanning and currying.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18379, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18379. Accessed 2024-11-05. 

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