"BERTHELOT, Marcellin;" Mémoire sur les combinaisons de la glycérine avec les acides et sur la synthèse des principes immédiats des graisses des animaux. Paris Mallet-Bachelier 1854
In-4 de 107 pp.ch.; demi-chag. rouge moderne, couv. cons.
Duveen p.72; En Français dans le texte, 280; DSB, II, 63-71. Edition originale. Thèse de doctorat en physique. This was Berthelot's first published work in book form and contains his important discovery (resulting from his synthetic production of monostearin, distearin and tristearin), that glycerine can combine with fatty acids in three different proportions - a masterly piece of work (Duveen).
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