Author : Charles F. Partington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0364059966
The British Cyclopædia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography, Vol. 1 of 10: Copiously Illustrated by E by Charles F. Partington Pdf
Excerpt from The British Cyclopædia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography, Literature, Natural History, and Biography, Vol. 1 of 10: Copiously Illustrated by Engravings on Wood and Steel by Eminent Artists; Arts and Sciences, Aba to Opi The useless profusion and complexity of apparatus formerly considered essential for ex perimeatal chemistry was a great obstacle to the advancement of this science in the last and weeding centuries; and it was only m the ducal palace of Magdeburg, and m the labora tories of our own Royal Society, that they were pursued with any success. Chemical apo mm. Was first simplified by the celebrated Priestley. Who showed that a few glass tubes and a Florence flask were all that was essential to discoveries of the greatest magnitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.