Foods: their composition and analysis : A manual for the use of analytical chemists and others. With an introductory essay on the history of adulteration / By Alexander Wynter Blyth. With numerous tables and illustrations.

Alexander Wynter Blyth

Date:: 1882

Credit: Foods: their composition and analysis : A manual for the use of analytical chemists and others. With an introductory essay on the history of adulteration / By Alexander Wynter Blyth. With numerous tables and illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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