Author: John Pettus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Fleta Minor. The Laws of Art and Natur, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining and Inlarging the Bodies of Confin'd Metals
Author: John Pettus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Elements of the Art of Assaying Metals
Author: Johann Andreas Cramer
Publisher:
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Category : Assaying
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assaying
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Fleta Minor
Author: Lazarus Ercker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assaying
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assaying
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
“The” Philosophical Transactions And Collections, To the End of the Year 1720, Abridged, And Disposed Under General Heads
Author: Andrew Reid
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf
Author: Peter Wothers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192569899
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The iconic Periodic Table of the Elements is now in its most satisfyingly elegant form. This is because all the 'gaps' corresponding to missing elements in the seventh row, or period, have recently been filled and the elements named. But where do these names come from? For some, usually the most recent, the origins are quite obvious, but in others - even well-known elements such as oxygen or nitrogen - the roots are less clear. Here, Peter Wothers explores the fascinating and often surprising stories behind how the chemical elements received their names. Delving back in time to explore the history and gradual development of chemistry, he sifts through medieval manuscripts for clues to the stories surrounding the discovery of the elements, showing how they were first encountered or created, and how they were used in everyday lives. As he reveals, the oldest-known elements were often associated with astronomical bodies, and connections with the heavens influenced the naming of a number of elements. Following this, a number of elements, including hydrogen and oxygen, were named during the great reform of chemistry, set amidst the French Revolution. While some of the origins of the names were controversial (and indeed incorrect - some saying, for instance, that oxygen might be literally taken to mean 'the son of a vinegar merchant'), they have nonetheless influenced language used around the world to this very day. Throughout, Wothers delights in dusting off the original sources, and bringing to light the astonishing, the unusual, and the downright weird origins behind the names of the elements so familiar to us today.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192569899
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The iconic Periodic Table of the Elements is now in its most satisfyingly elegant form. This is because all the 'gaps' corresponding to missing elements in the seventh row, or period, have recently been filled and the elements named. But where do these names come from? For some, usually the most recent, the origins are quite obvious, but in others - even well-known elements such as oxygen or nitrogen - the roots are less clear. Here, Peter Wothers explores the fascinating and often surprising stories behind how the chemical elements received their names. Delving back in time to explore the history and gradual development of chemistry, he sifts through medieval manuscripts for clues to the stories surrounding the discovery of the elements, showing how they were first encountered or created, and how they were used in everyday lives. As he reveals, the oldest-known elements were often associated with astronomical bodies, and connections with the heavens influenced the naming of a number of elements. Following this, a number of elements, including hydrogen and oxygen, were named during the great reform of chemistry, set amidst the French Revolution. While some of the origins of the names were controversial (and indeed incorrect - some saying, for instance, that oxygen might be literally taken to mean 'the son of a vinegar merchant'), they have nonetheless influenced language used around the world to this very day. Throughout, Wothers delights in dusting off the original sources, and bringing to light the astonishing, the unusual, and the downright weird origins behind the names of the elements so familiar to us today.
Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the End of the Year ..., Abridg'd and Dispos'd Under General Heads
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher (Volume 1) ~ Paperbound
Author:
Publisher: Classic Books Company
ISBN: 0742682862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher: Classic Books Company
ISBN: 0742682862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Catalogue of the Large and Valuable Library of Mr. John E. Burton of Lake Geneva, Wis
Author: John Edgar Burton
Publisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books
Author: Pickering & Chatto
Publisher:
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Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
“The” Philosophical Transactions ... Abridg'd, and Dispos'd Under General Heads
Author: John Lowthorp
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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