AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XXXV, No. 1. March 1988.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 52 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: Jabirian Numbers, Pythagorean Numbers, and Plato's Timeaus. By C. Anne Wilson; Raymund de Tarrega - Marrano, Heretic, Alchemist. By Raphaele Patai; Psychologists and the Dream Accounts of August Kekulé. By Susanna F. Rudofsky and John H. Wotiz; Early Applications of Infra-red Spectroscopy to Chemistry. By S. Nunziante Cesaro and E. Torracca. Reviews of Books: Science and Civilization in China. Vol. V, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology; the Gunpowder Epic. By Joseph Needham, Ho Ping-Yu, Lu Gwei-Djien and Wang Ling; Pollution and Control. A Social History of the Thames in the Nineteenth Century. By Bill Luckin; "Eine fast magische Anziehungskraft." Goethes "Walverwandtschaften" und die Chemie seiner Zeit. By Jeremy Adler; Chemistry, Alchemy and the New Philosophy 1500-1700. By Allan Debus; Chemistry and Theology in Mid-Victorian London. The Diary of Herbert McLeod 1860-70. Edited and Introduced by Frank A.J.L. James; Essays on the History of Organic Chemistry. Edited by James G. Traynham. Fine Condition. Item #34367
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