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Philadelphia : Printed for Mathew Carey, 1806-01-01. 1st American. Hardcover. Good. [An important early work on Chemistry] 3 volume set. Bound in contemporary leather. Shelf worn. Rebacked with new spine labels. Vol. 1: 8, [iii]-iv, lix, [1], 394 p., [1], 3 folding plates; v. 2: 436 p.; v. 3: 453, [15] p. Refs: Rink 656; Shaw and Shoemaker 12157; Cole 159. Reprint of the Edinburgh 1803 edition. Black was a Scottish scientist best known for the discovery of magnesium, latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide. "A founder of modern quantitative chemistry and discoverer of latent and specific heats " - DSB.

Engraved frontis. port. of Black & 3 engraved plates. lxvi [i.e., lxxvi], 556 pp.; 1 p.l., 762, [4] pp. Two vols. Large 4to, marbled boards (minor foxing at beginning & end of each vol.), attractive modern red calf spines & corners, flat spines gilt. Edinburgh: Mundell & Son, 1803. First edition and a very handsome set. These two monumental volumes are the only substantial account of the work of the founder of modern quantitative chemistry and discoverer of latent and specific heats. Black (1728-99), began to lecture upon his appointment as professor of medicine and chemistry at the University of Edinburgh in 1766. "His career thenceforward was exclusively that of a teacher...His success was conspicuous. During above thirty years he inculcated the elements of chemistry upon enthusiastic and continually growing audiences...His lectures thus had a powerful effect in popularizing chemistry."-D.N.B., II, pp. 572-73. Black's lectures were not printed during his… Leer más