Disquisitio de Attractionibus Electivis Dissertation of Elective Attractions

by Torbern Bergman

$7,500 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

First edition

”I content that almost all of Chemistry rests upon this doctrine of elective attraction like a solid base, and if we want a reasonable theory which conveniently and clearly binds things together in a single idea, this theory serves us well...” -Torbern Bergman EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Bergman’s study of chemical affinities, including a large fold-out table, “the finest achievement in the tradition of affinity tables,”

• Binding: Wrappers

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