AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XLVI, No. 3, November 1999.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 58 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 Cosmogenic Experiments of Robert Fludd: A Translation with Introduction and Commentary by D. Graham Burnett; Note on the Date of the Publication of the English Translation of Lavoisier's Traité Élémentaire de Chymie by John D. Baird; Announcement. Reviews of Books: Journals and History of Science. Ed. by Marco Beretta, Claudio Pogliano and Pietro Redondi. Rev. by W. H. Brock; The Science of Energy. A Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain. By Crosbie Smith. Rev. by Hasok Chang; Emblems and Alchemy. Ed. by Alison Adams and Stanton J. Linden. Rev. by Lawrence M. Principe; Reconstructing Nature: the Engagement of Science and Religion. By John Brooke and Geoffrey Cantor. Rev. by David Knight. Fine Condition. Item #34414
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