Johann Popp. Line engraving by P. Isselburg.

Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

Chemical characters. Engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

ix, 220 pages : frontispiece, (facsimiles), illustrations, diagrams ; 23 cm.

Symbols and formulae in chemistry : an historical study / by R.M. Caven ... and J.A. Cranston.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image and border 30.7 x 19.8 cm

171 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Les notions fondamentales d'élément chimique et d'atome / par Georges Urbain.

xvi, 396 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

The enlightenment of matter : the definition of chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier / Marco Beretta.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 41 x 32.6 cm

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Chemistry - Notation

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Symbols and formulae in chemistry : an historical study / by R.M. Caven ... and J.A. Cranston.

Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

Les notions fondamentales d'élément chimique et d'atome / par Georges Urbain.

The enlightenment of matter : the definition of chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier / Marco Beretta.

Chemical characters. Engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

Chemistry - Notation

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Symbols and formulae in chemistry : an historical study / by R.M. Caven ... and J.A. Cranston.

Chemistry: symbols of elements and substances. Coloured engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

Les notions fondamentales d'élément chimique et d'atome / par Georges Urbain.

The enlightenment of matter : the definition of chemistry from Agricola to Lavoisier / Marco Beretta.

Chemical characters. Engraving by H. Ashby, 1799, after W. Jackson.

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