AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XLV, No. 2, July 1998.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 86 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: Mendeleev: Beyond the Periodic Table. Editorial Introduction by Nathan M. Brooks; D. I. Mendeleev and Siberia by Beverly S. Almgren; Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev and the Emergence of the Modern Russian Petroleum Industry, 1863-1877 by Francis Michael Stackenwalt Mendeleev's Public Opposition to Spiritualism by Richard E. Rice; Making Newtons: Mendeleev, Metrology, and the Chemical Ether by Michael D. Gordin; Mendeleev and Metrology by Nathan M. Brooks; News and Announcements; Reviews of Books: The Bible, Protestantism and the Rise of Natural Science. By Peter Harrison. Rev. by Stephen D. Snobelen; Antoine Lavoisier - the Next Crucial year or the Sources of his Quantitative Method in Chemistry. By Frederic Lawrence Holmes. Rev. by A.M. Duncan; Die Waage des Chemikers. The Chemist's Balance. By Hans R. Jenemann. Rev. by P. Buchanan; Arthur Rudolf Hantsch im Briefwechsel mit Wilhelm Ostwald. Edited by Joachim Stocklöv. Rev. by W.H. Brock; Science at Oxford 1914-1939: Transforming an Arts University. By Jack Morrell. Rev. by P.M. Laws. Fine Condition. Item #34409
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