Le Bel, Joseph Achille (1847-1930)

Laboratory note-book, Compiler's holograph MS. He was awarded the Davy Medal by the Royal Society in 1893. Produced in Paris.

1870-1909

1 volume 96 ll. + 59 bl. ll. + 7 ll. 4to. 21 x 161/2 cm. Original half-cloth binding.

Presented 1939.

The author made important discoveries in stereochemistry, and in 1874 independently postulated the three-dimensional structure of molecules.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).