AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XLIII, No. 3, November 1996.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1996. 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: Joseph Priestley's American Defense of Phlogiston Reconsidered. By Michael F. Conlin; William Odling: 'Interpreter and Liaison-Officer' Advocate of a New System of Chemistry. By Susie Fisher; Studies in the History of Animal Chemistry and its Relation to Physiology. By Noel G. Coley; Note: An Error in Dating. By Michael Stanley; Reviews of Books: To See the Obvious. By Arthur J. Birch. Profiles, Pathways and Dreams Series.Washington DC. The American Chemical Society, 1995. Rev. by I.D. Rae; The Development of Plastics. Ed. by S.T.I. Mossman and P.J.T. Morris.Cambridge. Royal Society of Chemistry, 1994. Rev. by T. Macnamara; Qu'est-ce que l'Alchimie? By Pierre Laszlo. Paris. Hachette, 1996. Rev. by A.G. Debus. Fine Condition. Item #34403
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