An Epitome of Experimental Chemistry in Three Parts. Part I: Intended to Facilitate the Acquisition of Chemical Knowledge: Part II. Directions for the Analysis of Mineral Waters; of Earths and Stones,; of Ores of Metals; and of Mineral Bodies in General and Part III. Instructions for applying Chemical Tests and Re-agents to Various Useful Purposes. The Fourth Edition, much enlarged and illustrated with plates.

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Octavo: xiv, errata leaf, xxx, [2], 416, lxv, [2 adverts]pp., 8 folding plates. Blank section torn from margin of 4th leaf, some light browning, but a good copy in modern quarter calf. This edition was greatly enlarged and is the first edition to contain plates. Henry was a prolific experimenter particulary on the physical and chemical behaviour of gases. In 1804 he had published his most famous result "Henry's law" - "At a constant temperature, the amount of a given gas that dissolves in a given type and volume of liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas in equilibrium with that liquid.". N° de ref. del artículo WS013b

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Título: An Epitome of Experimental Chemistry in ...
Editorial: Edinburgh: J. Johnson
Año de publicación: 1806
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Good
Edición: 1st Edition