ACCUM, FREDRICK. A practical Treatise on the Use and Application of Chemical Tests, with concise Directions for Analysing Metallic,Ores, Metals, Soils, Manures, and Mineral Waters. Illustrted by Experiments. Second Edition, with Plates, enlarged. London Thomas Boys 1818
Small 8vo. Large uncut copy in recent full cloth. Gilt back and gilt title in leather on back. Title with engraved vignette (apparatus). 506 pp. and 2 engraved plates, the last plate lightly soiled in margin.
Accum came to England in 1793, and became engineer to the London Gas Light Co., and librarian to the Royal Institution, but dismissed from the office (for alleged book thefts) and returned to Berlin.. - Duveen p. 3 for a later edition under the title "Chemical Re-Agents or Tests;...1828". - Poggendorff I:7.
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