AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, March 1992.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 46 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: The Historiography of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century: A Preliminary Survey and Bibliography. By Marco Beretta; Vauquelin, Balzac and the Chemical Analysis of Hair. By Theodore L. Sourkes; John Dalton Settles in Manchester. By Herbert T. Pratt; Liebig's Role in the Establishment of Agricultural Chemistry. By Uschi Schling-Brodersen; Reviews of Books: Toison d'Or et Alchimie. By Antoine Faivre. Milan: Archè, 1990. Rev. by Marianne Winder; Early Metallurgical Sites in Great Britain BC 2000 to AD 1500. Edited by C.R.Blick. London: Institute of Metals, 1991. Rev. by Marilyn Palmer; Rencontres de cultures dans la philosophie médiévale. Traductions et traducteurs de l'Antiquité tardive au XIVe. Edited by Jacquelin Hamesse and Marta Fattori. Louvain-la-Neuve: L'Institute d'Etudes Médiévales dé l'Université Catholique de Louvain, 1991. Rev. by Vivian Nutton; Science, Culture and Popular Belief in Renaissance Europe. Edited by S. Pumfrey, P.L. Rossi and M. Slawinski. Manchester: Manchester University Press. Rev. by Graham Rees; Basil Valentine. His Triumphant Chariot of Antimony, with Annotations of Theodore Kirkringius (1678). Edited by L.G. Kelly. New York: Garland, 1990. Rev. by R.P. Multhauf La Porta Magica. Luoghi e memorie nel giardino di piazza Vittorio. Edited by Nicoletta Cardano. Rome: Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1990. Rev. by Michaela Pereira; Henry More: Magic, Religion and Experiment. By A. Rupert Hall. Oxford:Blackwell, 1990. Rev. by Graham Rees; Handlist of Scientific Instrument-Makers' Trade Catalogues, 1600-1914. By R.G.W. Anderson, J. Burnett and B. Gee. (National Museums of Scotland Information Series No. 8). Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland in Association with the Science Museum, 1990. Rev. by Frank Greenaway; Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist. A Study of Science and Religion in the Nineteenth Century. By Geoffrey Cantor. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991.Rev. by Frank Greenaway; The Correspondence of Michael Faraday. Vol. 1, 1811-1831. Letters 1-524. Edited by Frank A.J.L. James. London: Institution of Electrical Engineers,1991. Rev. by Aubrey Tulley; Curiosity Perfectly Satisfyed. Faraday's Travels in Europe 1813-1815. Edited by Brian Bowers and Lenore Symons. London: Peter Peregrinus/ Science Museum, 1991. Rev. by Maurice Crosland; Sunto di un corso di filosofia chimica. By Stanislao Cannizzaro. Commentary and Notes by Luigi Cerruti; introduction by Leonello Paoloni. Palermo: Sellerio editore, 1991. Rev. by Marco Beretta; The Royal Society of Chemistry. The First 150 Years. By David H. Whiffen,with the late Donald H. Hey. London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1991. Rev. by Gerrylynn K. Roberts; Die Rolle des Fleischextrakts für die rnährungswissenschaften und den Aufsteig der Suppenindustrie. By Hans-Jürgen Teuteberg. (Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte, Nr. 70). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1990. Rev. by W.H. Brock; At the Sign of the Plough. Allen & Hanburys and the British Pharmaceutical Industry 1715-1990. By Geoffrey weedale. London: John Murray, 1990. Rev.by M.P. Earles; Steelmaking: 1850-1900. By K. C. Barraclough. London: The Institute of Metals, 1990. Rev. by Sue Cackett; Contrasts in Scientific Style. Research Groups in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. By Joseph S. Fruton. (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 191). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1990. Rev. by Jack Morrell; From Caveman to Chemist. Circumstances and Achievements. By Hugh W.Salzberg. Washington DC: American Chemical Society, 1991. Rev. by David, Knight 42, Stroenie Monosakharidov: Istoricheski Ocherk (The Structure of Monosaccharides: A Historical Essay). By Z. E. Gel'man, Irkutsk, Siberia: Izdatel'stvo Irkutskogo Universiteta, 1991. Rev. by George B. Kauffman; Queen Christina of Sweden and her Circle. The Transformation of a Seventeenth-Century Libertine. By Susanna Åkerman. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991.Rev. by Christopher McIntosh; Science de l'Air. Studi su Felice Fontana. By Ferdinando Abbri. Cosenza:Edizione Brenner, 1991. Rev. by Maurice Crosland. Fine Condition. Item #34376
Price: $20.00