Conversations on Chemistry; in Which the Elementa of That Science are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated By Experiments...
by Comstock, J. L
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Hartford, CT: Oliver D. Cooke and Sons, 1824. Ninth American edition (1824), illustrated with sixteen copper plate engravings. Worn copy in full sheep leather with gilt lettered black spine label, 383 pages. Covers worn and rubbed with some chippingto the lower spine end and corner with front cover, minor separation of joints at the lower edges, binding sound, pages age-toned and uniformly foxed, readily legible throughout, name on reverse side of frontis engraving.. Hard Cover. Fair/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Title
- Conversations on Chemistry; in Which the Elementa of That Science are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated By Experiments...
- Author
- Comstock, J. L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Publisher
- Oliver D. Cooke and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- CHEMISTRY SCIENCE CHEMIST TEXT EXPERIMENTS EXERCISES
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- Science, Medicine & Nature; Education, Schools, Colleges, Text & Lesson-Books;
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Spine Label
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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- 12mo
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