Item #11386 The Enlightenment of Matter: The Definition of Chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier. Marco Beretta.

The Enlightenment of Matter: The Definition of Chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier

Uppsala: Science History Publications, 1993.

Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xvi, 396pp. Mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Small black mark to rear cover of jacket. Bound in red cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's name in ink to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
This study examines the historical development of the attempts to reform the nomenclature of early chemistry. It is shown that the historical emergence of chemistry as a scientific discipline during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was closely tied to the move to provide a new foundation for its technical language.(Publisher). Good + / Good +. Item #11386
ISBN: 0881351520

Price: $30.00

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