The science of James Smithson discoveries from the Smithsonian founder
The Long Road to Staffa -- Edinburgh, London, and Paris -- Tabasheer -- Calamine -- Minium -- The Sulphuret from Huel Boys -- On the Composition of Zeolite -- Ulmin -- A Saline Substance from Mount Vesuvius -- The Colouring Matters of Some Vegetables -- A Sulphuret of Lead and Arsenic, and -- "...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Smithsonian Books
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The Long Road to Staffa -- Edinburgh, London, and Paris -- Tabasheer -- Calamine -- Minium -- The Sulphuret from Huel Boys -- On the Composition of Zeolite -- Ulmin -- A Saline Substance from Mount Vesuvius -- The Colouring Matters of Some Vegetables -- A Sulphuret of Lead and Arsenic, and -- "Plomb Gomme" -- Fibrous Copper and Capillary Metallic Tin -- Sulphate of Barium and Fluoride of Calcium -- A New Test for Arsenic, and "Smithson's Pile" -- Smithson's Lamp and the "Sappare" -- An "Aristocratic Science Dabbler"? -- Chloride of Potassium -- Compounds of Fluorine -- Egyptian Colors -- Kirkdale Cave and Penn's Theory -- The "Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge" -- Epilogue: Who Was James Smithson? "An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 296 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781588346902 978-1-58834-690-2 |