Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments. From the fourth and latest English edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. To which are added, notes and observations: by an American gentleman.

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Title Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments. From the fourth and latest English edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. To which are added, notes and observations: by an American gentleman.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 410
Date of Publication 1818
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Imprint Printed and published by Denio and Phelps.
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Copyright Statement District of Massachusetts, To Wit: District Clerk's OFfice. Be It Remembered, that on the twenty-seventh day of April, A.D. 1818, and in the forty-second year of the independence of the United States of America, Denio and Phelps, of the said district have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: Conversations on Chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments. From the fourth and latest English edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. To which are added, Notes and Observations: by an American Gentleman. In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an act entitled, "an act supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the acts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." JNO. W. Davis, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts.
Location of Printing Greenfield US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 18
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By Mrs. Jane Haldimand Marcet. Also attributed to Mrs. Margaret Bryan. A ms. annotation on the title page of the American Antiquarian Society copy identifies "an American gentleman" as John L. Comstock.
Plates signed: Drawn by the author, Engraved for Denio & Phelps, Rawdon sc.
Copyright April 27, 1818 by Denio and Phelps.
Error in paging: p. 67 misnumbered 76.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Rink, E. Technical Americana,
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American Antiquarian Society copy lacks p. 217-218, 227-230. Annotated.
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Bryan, Margaret, Comstock, John Lee, Marcet, Jane. Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments. From the fourth and latest English edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. To which are added, notes and observations: by an American gentleman.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18381, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18381. Accessed 2024-04-28. 

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