Author: James F. W. Johnston
Title: The Chemistry of Common Life
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. Leather. An early edition of this interesting mid-nineteenth century study on chemistry, by the agricultural chemist James Johnston. An early edition of this two-volume work, published the year after the first edition, in half calf bindings, with marbled boards and edges.Bookplate of Edmund Francis Leslie to the front paste downs. Ink inscription to the first blank of each volume, dated 1857.Illustrated with occasional engravings in the text.James Johnston's educational treatise on chemistry and the study of science. Johnston provides an interesting explanation of current chemical knowledge in the mid-nineteenth century, a time in which scientific study was flourishing. Chapters focus on water, soil, bread, natural sweets, tea, beef, liquors, narcotics, odours, bodies, and more.Johnston (1796-1855) was a Scottish agricultural chemist and mineralogist. In half calf bindings. Externally generally smart, with light rubbing to the joints and extremities and shelf wear to the boards. Loss to the spine label of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Chemistry James Johnston Science James Johnston Not Stated
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Title: The Chemistry of Common Life
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1855. Leather. An early edition of this interesting mid-nineteenth century study on chemistry, by the agricultural chemist James Johnston. An early edition of this two-volume work, published the year after the first edition, in half calf bindings, with marbled boards and edges.Bookplate of Edmund Francis Leslie to the front paste downs. Ink inscription to the first blank of each volume, dated 1857.Illustrated with occasional engravings in the text.James Johnston's educational treatise on chemistry and the study of science. Johnston provides an interesting explanation of current chemical knowledge in the mid-nineteenth century, a time in which scientific study was flourishing. Chapters focus on water, soil, bread, natural sweets, tea, beef, liquors, narcotics, odours, bodies, and more.Johnston (1796-1855) was a Scottish agricultural chemist and mineralogist. In half calf bindings. Externally generally smart, with light rubbing to the joints and extremities and shelf wear to the boards. Loss to the spine label of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Chemistry James Johnston Science James Johnston Not Stated
Price: GBP 135.00 = appr. US$ 192.78 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 897M12
- Book number: 897M12
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