‎Chimie‎

‎"WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE.‎

‎On the Identity of Columbium and Tantalum. Read June 8, 1809.‎

‎(London, Bulwer and Co., 1809). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."" Year 1809 - Part II. Pp. 246-252‎

‎"WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - CHEMICAL 'EQUIVALENTS' INTRODUCED.‎

‎A Synoptic Scale of Chemical Equivalents. Read November 4, 1813.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1814). 4to. 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1814 - Part I. Pp. 1-22 and 1 engraved plate. Last textleaf slightly browned, otherwise clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of this importent paper in which Wollaston introduces the ""chemical slide rule"".""In 1814 he draw up ""A Synoptic Table of Chemical Equivalents"", wherein many ""equivalents"" (a term apparently first used in the chemical sense by him) were arranged in a logarithmic scale. Chemists found this device of great practical assistance, and it survives today in the form of the chemical slide rule."" (A Source Book in Chemistry p. 221).""The design of the scale here proposed by the author (Wollaston) is to save chemists the labour of many troublesome computations in estimating the ingredients of neutral salts, and the reagents and precipitates by whic these ingredients might be ascertained."" (Abstract).‎

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‎"WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - CYSTINE, THE FIRST AMINO ACID TO BE DISCOVERED.‎

‎On Cystic Oxide, a new species of Urinary Calculus. Read July 5, 1810.‎

‎(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1810). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1810 - Part I. Pp. 223-230. Light browning to first leaf. Wide-margined.‎

‎"WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE. - THE DISCOVERY OF THE ELEMENT RHODIUM.‎

‎On a new Metal, found in crude Platina. Read June 24, 1804.‎

‎(London, Bulwer and Co., 1804). 4to. Without wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London."" Year 1804-Part II. Pp. 419-430. Clean and fine.‎

‎"WOULFE, PETER.‎

‎Experiments on some Mineral Substances. Communicated at the Desire of William Hunter. Read Nov. 19, 1778.‎

‎(London, J. Nicols, 1779). 4to. Extract from ""Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London."" Vol. 69, Year 1779 - Part I. Pp. 11-34.‎

‎"WURTZ, ADOLPHE‎

‎Sur la Constitution de l'acide hypophosphoreux.‎

‎Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1843. No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", 3e Series, tome 7, Janvier-issue. (Entire issue offered). With titlepage to volume 7. Pp. 1-128. Wurtz's paper: pp. 35-50.‎

‎"WURTZ, ADOLPHE - THE ""WURTZ REACTION""‎

‎Sur une nouvelle Classe de Radicaux Organiques.‎

‎Paris, Victor Masson, 1855. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Light wear to top of spine. A few scartches to binding.Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 3me Series - Tome 44. Pp. 512 pp. a. 2 folded engraved plates. (entire volume offered). Light scattered brownspots. Wurtz's paper: pp. 275-313.‎

‎"WURTZ, ADOLPHE. - ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMINES IN CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Sur une série d'alcalis organiques homologues avec l'ammoniaque.‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1849. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 28, No 7. Pp. 189-240 (entire issue offered). Wurtz's paper: pp. 223-226.‎

‎"WURTZ, ADOLPHE. - THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMINES IN CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Mémoire sur une Série D'Alcaloïdes homologues avec L'Ammoniaque.‎

‎Paris, Victor Masson, 1855. 8vo. Without wrappers. In 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 3 , tome 30, December-issue. With halftitle to vol. 30. Pp. 385-508 a. 1 plate. (Entire issue offered). Wurtz's paper: pp. 443-506.‎

‎"WÖHLER, F. (FRIEDRICH). - DISCLOSING ISOMERISM.‎

‎Recherches analytiques sur l'Acide cyanique‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1824). 8vo. Without wrappers. Extracted from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 27. Titlepage to vol. 27 and pp. 196-200. Some faint brownspots.‎

‎First appearance of an importent historical paper in chemistry.""Wöhler's analysis of cyanates appeared in 1824, (the paper offered), shortly after Liebig's analysis of fulminates. Gay-Lussac, then editor of the 'Annales de Chimie', noted that the analysis of cyanic and fulminic acid were identical - the first case of isomerism. This incident brought Wöhler and Liebig together, and there followed many years of collaboration in which the two studied the chemistry of benzaldehyde and numerous other compounds.""(Klickstein ""A Source in Chemistry.."", p. 309.Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1823 C.‎

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‎"WÖHLER, F. et J. LIEBIG‎

‎Sur la Formation de l'Huile d'Amandes amères. (+) Emploi d'un nouveau Médicament en place des Waux distillées du Laurier-Cerise ou d'Amandes amères, proposé par.. F. Woehler et J. Liebig.‎

‎Paris, Crochard et Comp., 1837. 8vo. In half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 64, Cahier 2 (Fevrier 1837). Entire issue offered. Light occassional brownspotting. No institutional stamps, otherwise fine. Wöhler a. Liebig's papers: pp. 185-209 a. pp. 209-217. [Entire issue:] 447 pp.‎

‎First appearance of this classic paper in organic chemistry in which Wöhler and Liebig showed how Amygdalin could be decomposed by a vegetable emulsion, the first example of a glycoside. The papers were issued at the same time in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"".""The conclusions which you have drawn from the investigation of bitter-almond oil,"" wrote Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler, ""are certainly the most importent which have so far been reached in the domain of vegetable chemistry, and give promise of shedding an unexpected light over this part of the science...The facts which you have set forth inspire such reflections that they may be regarded as the dawn of a new day in vegetable chemistry.""(Berzelius-Wöhler Briefwechsel).""During the years that Liebig was preoccupied with the ether theory and with organic acids, he also carried out two importent investigations with Wöhler. In october 1836 Wöhler wrote that he had discovered a way to transform amygdalin to oil of bitter almonds and hydrocyanid acis, by distilling it with manganese and sulfuric acid, and he invited Liebig to join in pursuing the topic. Two days later he made a more remarkable discovery. It had occurred to him that perhaps thetransformation of amygdalin could be effected by the albumin in the almonds, in a manner similar to the action of yeast in sugar...Wöhler suspected that the decomposition was an example of what Berzelius had recently defined as catalysis. Liebig and Wöhler then divided up the detailed examination of the properties and composition of amygdalin. They precipitated from the emulsion of almonds a substance which when dissolved retain its action. They named the active substance ""emulsion"". Its effectiveness in very small quantities confirmed that it acted like yeast.""(DSB VIII, p. 342).‎

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‎"WÖHLER, F. et J. LIEBIG. - A GROUNDBREAKING PAPER ON ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.‎

‎Recherches sur le Radical de l'Acide benzoïque. (+ Berzelius:) Lettre de M. berzelius à MM. Wöhler et Liebig sur le Benzoyle et l'Acide benzoïque.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1832. No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 2e Series, vol. 51, Cahier 3. With titlepage to vol. 51.Pp. 225-336 a. 1 engraved plate. (Entire issue offered with titlepage to vol. 51). Wöhler a. Liebig's paper: pp. 273-308 a.1 engraved plate - Berzeliu's paper: pp. 308-314. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎First apperance, but together with the publication in Liebig's Annalen the same year, of Wöhler and Liebig's milestone paper in which they brought order to the complexity of organic compounds. The paper was followed with berzelius' letter in which he praised the authors for their remarkable work and he indicates how their compounds could be represented by formulas. The paper initiated a search for common radicals in other organic compounds from chemists all over the world.""The first significent step in finding the order behind the bewildering complexity of organic compounds was made by Wöhler and Liebig in their joint researc on benzaldehyde (oil of bitter almonds) and its derivatives. Here for the first time it was clealy seen that a group of atoms could remain intact throughout a series of reactions and function as a whole - as a radical..... Gay-Lussac's researches on cyanogen confirmed the possibility of the existence of organic radicals, but they first became really significant with the this study of Wöhler and Liebig."" (Leicester & Klickstein ""A Source Book in Chemistry 1400-1900"", pp. 312 ff.).Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1832 C. - The issue contains also an importent paper by PIERRE JEAN ROBIQUET ""Nouvelles Observations sur les principaux Produits de l'Opium"", pp. 225-266, which constitute the ISOLATION OF CODEINE. - Garrison & Morton: 1853.‎

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‎"WÖHLER, F. et J. LIEBIG. - THE DISCOVERY OF ""EMULSIN"" A MAIN WORK IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Sur la Formation de l'Huile d'Amandes amères. (+) Emploi d'un nouveau Médicament en place des Waux distillées du Laurier-Cerise ou d'Amandes amères, proposé par.. F. Woehler et J. Liebig.‎

‎Paris, Crochard et Comp., 1837. Orig. printed wrappers. No backstrip. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 64, Cahier 2 (Fevrier 1837). Pp. 113-224. (Entire issue offered with printed wrappers.). Wöhler a. Liebig's papers: pp. 185-209 a. pp. 209-217.‎

‎First appearance of this classic paper in organic chemistry in which Wöhler and Liebig showed how Amygdalin could be decomposed by a vegetable emulsion, the first example of a glycoside. The papers were issued at the same time in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie"".""The conclusions which you have drawn from the investigation of bitter-almond oil,"" wrote Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler, ""are certainly the most importent which have so far been reached in the domain of vegetable chemistry, and give promise of shedding an unexpected light over this part of the science...The facts which you have set forth inspire such reflections that they may be regarded as the dawn of a new day in vegetable chemistry.""(Berzelius-Wöhler Briefwechsel).""During the years that Liebig was preoccupied with the ether theory and with organic acids, he also carried out two importent investigations with Wöhler. In october 1836 Wöhler wrote that he had discovered a way to transform amygdalin to oil of bitter almonds and hydrocyanid acis, by distilling it with manganese and sulfuric acid, and he invited Liebig to join in pursuing the topic. Two days later he made a more remarkable discovery. It had occurred to him that perhaps thetransformation of amygdalin could be effected by the albumin in the almonds, in a manner similar to the action of yeast in sugar...Wöhler suspected that the decomposition was an example of what Berzelius had recently defined as catalysis. Liebig and Wöhler then divided up the detailed examination of the properties and composition of amygdalin. They precipitated from the emulsion of almonds a substance which when dissolved retain its action. They named the active substance ""emulsion"". Its effectiveness in very small quantities confirmed that it acted like yeast.""(DSB VIII, p. 342).‎

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‎"WÖHLER, F. und J. LIEBIG.‎

‎Recherches sur la Nature de l'Acide Urique.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1838). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", 2e Series, Tome 68, Cahier 3 entire issue offered. Pp. 225-352. Wöhler & Liebig's paper: pp. 225-336.‎

‎First French edition of this importent paper in the development of organic chemistry. It is the last joint paper of importence from ""these two men, ...pioneers in the development of organic chemistry, form a twin constellation in the chemical firmament""(Alexander Findley in ""A Hundred Years of Chemistry"", p. 23). The paper is a translation of ""Untersuchungen über die Natur der Harnsäure"", published at the same time in Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie (1838), Wöhler and Liebig collaborated on one more major piece of work, a study of uric acid. (The paper offered). Wöhler suggested the subject, and the idea seems to have come from his medical interests. Uric acid was not easily obtainable–snake excrement was the only substantial source–and relationships with urea and allantoin were suspected by Wöhler. As a student he had won a prize in 1828 for an essay on the conversion in the human body of chemicals taken orally and excreted in urine. The technique adopted by Liebig and Wöhler was to subject uric acid, ad the derivatives they prepared, to oxidation and reduction by reagents of different concentrations and strengths. Wöhler seems to have been the first to heat reagents together in sealed glass tubes, but after an explosion he thought metal ones safer.Their 100-page paper described fourteen new compounds and their preparation and analysis.7 An attempt to establish a new radical called ""uril"" (C8N4O4) was less successful. Perhaps even more significant than the sophisticated, practical and theoretical organic chemistry was the new spirit revealed. Writing to Berzelius in 1828, Wöhler was doubtful whether animal substances could be prepared in the laboratory. In 1832 he began the paper on the benzoyl radical with a description of organic chemistry as ""the dark region of organic nature."" But in 1838 his work with Liebig led him to write (at Liebig’s suggestion): ""The philosophy of chemistry will conclude from this work that it must be held not only as probable but [as] certain that all organic substances, insofar as they no longer belong to the organism, will be prepared in the laboratory. Sugar, salicin, morphine will be produced artificially. It is true that the route to these and products is not yet clear to us, because the intermediaries from which these materials develop are still unknown, but we shall learn to know them.""(DSB).‎

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‎"WÖHLER, F. und J. LIEBIG. - PIONEER WORK IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Recherches sur la Nature de l'Acide Urique.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1838. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, spine gilt. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", 2e Series, Tome 68. 448 pp. (entire volume offered). Wöhler & Liebig's paper: pp. 225-336. Clean and fine. small stamps to verso of titlepage.‎

‎First French edition of this importent paper in the development of organic chemistry. It is the last joint paper of importence from ""these two men, ...pioneers in the development of organic chemistry, form a twin constellation in the chemical firmament""(Alexander Findley in ""A Hundred Years of Chemistry"", p. 23). The paper is a translation of ""Untersuchungen über die Natur der Harnsäure"", published at the same time in Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie (1838), Wöhler and Liebig collaborated on one more major piece of work, a study of uric acid. (The paper offered). Wöhler suggested the subject, and the idea seems to have come from his medical interests. Uric acid was not easily obtainable–snake excrement was the only substantial source–and relationships with urea and allantoin were suspected by Wöhler. As a student he had won a prize in 1828 for an essay on the conversion in the human body of chemicals taken orally and excreted in urine. The technique adopted by Liebig and Wöhler was to subject uric acid, ad the derivatives they prepared, to oxidation and reduction by reagents of different concentrations and strengths. Wöhler seems to have been the first to heat reagents together in sealed glass tubes, but after an explosion he thought metal ones safer.Their 100-page paper described fourteen new compounds and their preparation and analysis.7 An attempt to establish a new radical called ""uril"" (C8N4O4) was less successful. Perhaps even more significant than the sophisticated, practical and theoretical organic chemistry was the new spirit revealed. Writing to Berzelius in 1828, Wöhler was doubtful whether animal substances could be prepared in the laboratory. In 1832 he began the paper on the benzoyl radical with a description of organic chemistry as ""the dark region of organic nature."" But in 1838 his work with Liebig led him to write (at Liebig’s suggestion): ""The philosophy of chemistry will conclude from this work that it must be held not only as probable but [as] certain that all organic substances, insofar as they no longer belong to the organism, will be prepared in the laboratory. Sugar, salicin, morphine will be produced artificially. It is true that the route to these and products is not yet clear to us, because the intermediaries from which these materials develop are still unknown, but we shall learn to know them.""(DSB).‎

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‎"WÖHLER, F. und J. LIEBIG. - THE DISCOVERY OF ""EMULSIN"" A MAIN WORK IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Ueber die Bildung des Bittermandelöls. (+) Vorschlag zur Einführung eines neuen Arzneimittels anstatt des destillirten Kirschlorbeer- und Bittermandelswassers. (+) Ueber Marcet's Xanthic-Oxyd. (3 papers all by Wöhler u. Liebig).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1837. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"", Bd. 41, Zweites Stück. (Entire issue No 6 offered). Titlepage to vol. 41. Pp. 225-448 a. 2 folded engraved plates. Wöhler & Liebig's papers: pp. 345-366, pp. 366-374 a. pp. 393-397. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of this classic paper in organic chemistry in which Wöhler and Liebig showed how Amygdalin could be decomposed by a vegetable emulsion, the first example of a glycoside.""The conclusions which you have drawn from the investigation of bitter-almond oil,"" wrote Berzelius to Liebig and Wöhler, ""are certainly the most importent which have so far been reached in the domain of vegetable chemistry, and give promise of shedding an unexpected light over this part of the science...The facts which you have set forth inspire such reflections that they may be regarded as the dawn of a new day in vegetable chemistry.""(Berzelius-Wöhler Briefwechsel).""During the years that Liebig was preoccupied with the ether theory and with organic acids, he also carried out two importent investigations with Wöhler. In october 1836 Wöhler wrote that he had discovered a way to transform amygdalin to oil of bitter almonds and hydrocyanid acis, by distilling it with manganese and sulfuric acid, and he invited Liebig to join in pursuing the topic. Two days later he made a more remarkable discovery. It had occurred to him that perhaps thetransformation of amygdalin could be effected by the albumin in the almonds, in a manner similar to the action of yeast in sugar...Wöhler suspected that the decomposition was an example of what Berzelius had recently defined as catalysis. Liebig and Wöhler then divided up the detailed examination of the properties and composition of amygdalin. They precipitated from the emulsion of almonds a substance which when dissolved retain its action. They named the active substance ""emulsion"". Its effectiveness in very small quantities confirmed that it acted like yeast.""(DSB VIII, p. 342).‎

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‎"WÖHLER, FRIEDRICH & JUSTUS LIEBIG - CLASSIFYING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.‎

‎Untersuchungen über das Radical der Benzoésäure. (+) Untersuchungen über das Radical der Benzoésäure. (Schluss). 2 Parts. (Researches on the Radical of Benzoic Acid).‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1832. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"", Bd. 26, Stück 2-3. Pp. 193-352 a. pp. 353-496 a. 3 folded engraved plates. (2 whole issues offered having titlepage to vol. 26).). Wöhler & Liebig papers: pp. 325-343 (2. issue) a. pp. 465-485 (3. issue). Both issues clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance (but also in ""Annalen der Chemie"") of these outstanding researches on the benzoyl radical. where the importence of ""radicals"" to organic chemistry is illustrated.""Along with his collegue, Friedrich Wöhler..who had already synthetized urea, Liebig wrote a famous paper (1832, the paper offered) in which he showed, for the first time, that a complex organic group pf atoms - a ""radicale"" as it is now called - is capable of forming a long series of compounds, behaving throughout as though it were an element. THE DISCOVERY IS OF PRIMARY IMPORTENCE FOR OUR CONCEPTION OF THE CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE LIVING BODY.""(Singer in ""The Story of Living Things"" p. 374).""In their classic paper - which was actually written by Wöhler although Liebig is listed as coauthor - they summarized their achievements: ""...we make the general assertion that as a result of our experiments, it is established that there is a body, composed of three elements, that remains stable in the presence of reagents and that can be regarded not only as the radical of benzoic acid, bur perhaps with slight variatioons, as the radical of a large number of similar compounds.....Incidentally, many of the compounds they first prepared and described (such as benzoyl chloride) were importent in the future development of organic chemistry.""(DSB XIV, pp. 476-477). - Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1832 C‎

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‎"WÖHLER, FRIEDRICH - THE PREPATORY WORK OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Bildung der Cyansäure auf neuem Wege, und fernere Untersuchungen über die Cyansäure und deren Salze.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1823. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine and with gilt lettering. Some scratches to spine. In: ""Annalen der Physik und der Physikalischen Chemie. Hrsg. Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert"", Bd. 13 (= Bd. 73 der Reihe). (12),444 pp., 1 folded table and 5 engraved plates. Small stamp to verso of titlepages. Internally clean and fine. Wöhler's paper: pp. 157-172.‎

‎First printing of Wöhler's importent paper in which he in reality for the first time synthezised an organic substance, leading to his historic preparation of ""artificial"" urea in 1828 ""Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs"". This broke down the old distinction between organic and inorganic substances. ""This was the first synthesis of an organic compound, and this accomplishment is generally regarded as the beginning of organic chemistry.""(Sparrow ""Milestones of Science"", p.37, the 1828 paper).""In his published paper (the 1828 paper) Wöhler referred to his work of 1823 (the offered paper), in which he had shown that cyanogen and aqueous ammonia yielded oxalic acid and a white crystalline solid that he now realized was urea. This, and his new method, he considered to be remarkable examples of the preparation ""by art"" of a substance of animal origin from inorganic materials.""(DSB).The volume contains other notable papers BECQUEREL: ""Ueber die Electricitäts-Erregung durc Druck, nach versuchen des herrn becquerel"" ein bericht abgestatt.... von Biot. Frei übersetzt von Gilbert"", pp. 117-129. A pioneer paper on Piezoelectricity. SEEBECK ""Notiz von neuen electrisch-magnetischen Versuchen des Herrn Seebeck... mitgeteilt von Hrn Oersted."", pp. 430-32. Also papers by Heinr. Rose, Döbereiner, Lampadius, Sertürner etc. etc.‎

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‎"WÖHLER, FRIEDRICH. - THE BEGINNING OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Sur la Formation artificielle de l'Urée.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1828). 8vo. Without wrappers. Extract from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', Series 2 - Volume 37. Pp. 330-334.‎

‎First appearance in French of this milestone paper, marking the beginnings of organic chemistry, in which Wöhler describes how he managed to synthezise urea from cyanate of ammonia. The French version here is translated from the German paper ""Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs."", which was issued the same year (1828). This broke down the old distinction between organic and inorganic substances. ""This was the first synthesis of an organic compound, and this accomplishment is generally regarded as the beginning of organic chemistry.""(Sparrow ""Milestones of Science"", p.37). The discovery destroyed the vitalistic theory which held that organic compounds could be produced only by living organisms, and led eventually to the brilliant results that have been achieved in attempts to synthesize other organic compounds.Dibner: Heralds of Science, no. 45. - Sparrow: Milestones of Science, no. 197. - Garrison & Morton, no. 671. See also DSB XIV p.475.‎

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‎"WÖHLER, FRIEDRICH. - THE BEGINNING OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.‎

‎Ueber künstliche Bildung des Harnstoffs.‎

‎Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1828. Without wrappers as issued in ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg.von Poggendorff"", Bd. 12, Zweites Stück. Pp. 161-336 (the entire issue offered (Heft 2) together with the titlepage to 12. Band). Wöhler's paper: pp. 253-256. Clean and fine, printed on good paper.‎

‎First appearance of this milestone paper, marking the beginnings of organic chemistry, in which Wöhler describes how he managed to synthezise urea from cyanate of ammonia. This broke down the old distinction between organic and inorganic substances. ""This was the first synthesis of an organic compound, and this accomplishment is generally regarded as the beginning of organic chemistry.""(Sparrow ""Milestones of Science"", p.37). The discovery destroyed the vitalistic theory which held that organic compounds could be produced only by living organisms, and led eventually to the brilliant results that have been achieved in attempts to synthesize other organic compounds.Dibner: Heralds of Science, no. 45. - Sparrow: Milestones of Science, no. 197. - Garrison & Morton, no. 671. See also DSB XIV p.475.‎

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‎"ØRSTED (OERSTED), H.C.‎

‎Méthode électro-magnetique d'essayer l'argent et d'autres métaux, inventée.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1828. No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 39 (Sec. Cahier), With titlepage to vol. 39. pp. 225-336. (Entire issue offered). Oersted's paper: pp. 274-287 a. 1 folded engraved plate.‎

‎First appearance of the paper in which Ørsted describes his invention of a new method for the assay of silver and other metals by electro-magnetic means.‎

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‎# AUTEUR:‎

‎# TITRE: Précis de l'art de la teinture‎

‎# AUTEUR: # ÉDITEUR: # ANNÉE ÉDITION: Sans date # DÉTAILS: In 8° broché VIII + 416pp. Non rogné. Edition originale éditée en 1846 par Bechet jeune à Paris. Etat d'usage, rousseurs, manque les deux plats. Exemplaire à relier. # PHOTOS visibles sur www.latourinfernal.com‎

‎Traité de chimie appliquée aux arts, par M. Dumas, membre de l'institut royal. Sommaire: Matières colorantes - Teinture - Préparation des laines - Teinture des laines - De l'impression sur étoffe.‎

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‎# AUTEUR: Egasse Ed. et Dr Guyenot‎

‎# TITRE: Eaux minérales naturelles autorisées de France et de l'Algérie, leur analyse- leurs applications thérapeutiques‎

‎# AUTEUR: Egasse Ed. et Dr Guyenot # ÉDITEUR: Société d'éditions scientifiques - Paris # COLLECTION: Bibliothèque générale de médecine # ANNÉE ÉDITION: 1892 # COUVERTURE: Pleine toile brune - dos lisse pièce de titre marron titre doré # DÉTAILS: In 8° relié XII + 564pp. Préface de M. Dujardin-Beaumetz.” Il n'existait pas en France d'ouvrage donnant d'une façon aussi complète et aussi exacte la composition chimique de toutes les eaux minérales françaises autorisées.” # PHOTOS visibles sur www.latourinfernal.com‎

‎# ÉTAT: Très bon état, réparation aux deux dernières pages‎

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‎& Spectroscopy‎

‎TABLES ON WAVENUMBERS FOR THE CALIBRARION OF INFRA-RED SPECTROMETERS‎

‎London:: Butterworths. VG unmarked Hardback; owner's name; no DJ. 1961. ISBN: 163 pp. Catalogs: CHEMISTRY. Keywords: CHEMISTRY SPECTROSCOPY INFRA-RED WAVENUMBER. Butterworths hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : BOOKS024343I

‎( LORIOT, Antoine Joseph )‎

‎Memoria utilissima Sopra una nuova scoperta nell'arte di fabbricare la quale consiste nella composizione di un cemento o smalto adattato ad un'infinità di opere in tal genere, e di una solidità e durata non inferiore a quello dei romani, ritrovata dal sig. Loriot meccanico del Re di Francia e di suo ordine pubblicata a Parigi. Ed ora per la terza volta tradotta nell'Idioma Toscano.‎

‎In -8°, 17 x 23 cm., pp. 23, 3 ccb.; mezza pergamena. Antoine-Joseph Loriot (Pontarlier, 1716-1782) pubblicò a Parigi nel 1774 il procedimento da lui messo a punto per produrre questo particolare tipo di cemento. Si contano diverse edizioni italiane del testo, ma nelle biblioteche italiane risultano presenti solo la prima (1775) e la quarta (1800). Raro.‎