AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XXXIV, No. 3. November 1987.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 64 pp. Ambix is the beautifully-produced journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (SHAC). "Founded in 1937, SHAC has consistently maintained the highest standards of scholarship in all aspects of the history of alchemy and chemistry from early times to the present." Articles: Alchemy and the World of Science: an Intellectual Biography of Frank Sherwood Taylor. By A. V. Simcock; Two Books are Added to Guyton de Morveau's Library: A Study of Personal and Academic Communications in 1785. By W. A. Smeaton, Methods and Methodology in the Development of Organic Chemistry. By John Hedley Brooke, Kolbe versus the "Transcendental Chemists": the Emergence of Classical Organic Chemistry. By A. J. Rocke, The Changing Role of Synthesis in Organic Chemistry. By C. A. Russell, Reviews of Books:Die Alchemie in der europäische Kultur - und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. (Wolfenbutteler Forschungen Band 32). Edited by Christoph Meinel, All Scientists Now. The Royal Society in the nineteenth century. By Marie Boas Hall, Paracelsus in neuen Horizonten. By Kurt Goldammer, William Cooper's A Catalogue of Chymical Books, 1673-88. A Verified Edition. By Stanton J. Linden. Fine Condition. Item #34365
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