Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and its Respiration

Name: Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and its Respiration
Price: 4000 USD
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Author: Humphry Davy

by Humphry Davy

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First edition

London: J. Johnson, 1800. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ESTC T112164. Octavo. xvi, 580, 2 pp. Faintly blue-tinged paper. Final leaf with errata on the recto and advertisements for forthcoming works by Beddoes on nitrous oxide on the verso. Later three-quarter brown morocco with marbled paper, joints visibly worn. Dark top stain. Occasional blemish, small mark p. 485. NB: lacking the engraved frontispiece of the Mercurial

Binding: Leather

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