Item #34423 AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XLVIII, No. 2, July 2001. Dr. Gerrylynn K. ROBERTS.

AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry. Vol. XLVIII, No. 2, July 2001.

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto journal. Original printed wrappers. 72 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: Alchemical Reproduction and the Career of Anna Maria Zieglerin by Tara E. Nummedal; Marie Meurdrac: Paracelsian Chemist and Feminist by Lucia Tosi; Jesuits and Alchemy in the Early Seventeenth Century: Father Johannes Roberti and the Weapon-Salve Controversy by Carlos Ziller Camenietzki; The Making of a Calvinist Chemist: Herman Boerhaave, God, Fire and Truth by Rina Knoeff; Reviews of Books: The Order of Nature in Aristotle's Physics: Place and the Elements. By Helen S. Lang. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 1998. Rev. by Gregor Schiemann;A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery. By Lyndy Abraham. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 1998. Rev. by David Knight; Cavendish: The Experimental Life. By Christa Jungnickel and Russell McCorm-mach. Bucknell University Press: Cranbury NJ. 1999. Rev. by Ursula Klein; Young Humphry Davy: The Making of an Experimental Chemist. By June Z. Fullmer. American Philosophical Society: Philadelphia. 2000. Rev. by Julianne Tuttle; Communicating Chemistry. Textbooks and their Audiences, 1789-1939. Edited by Anders Lundgren and Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent. Science History Publications: Canton, MA. 2000. Rev. by W. H. Brock; La fine dei privilegi. Scienze fisiche, tecnologia e istituzioni scientifiche sabaude nel Risorgimento. (Biblioteca di Nuncius, Studi e Testi XXXIV). By Marco Ciardi. Leo S. Olschki: Firenze. 1999. Rev. by Luisa Dolza De Natuur Voorbij: het begin van de productie van synthetische geneesmiddelen. By Thijs Jan Rinsema. The Author: Meppel. 2000. Rev. by Henk van den Belt; Wissenschaft in turbulenter Zeit: Erinnerungen eines Chemikers an die Technische Hochschule München 1933-1953. (Alorgismus: Studien zur Geschichte der Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, 25). By Helmut Behrens. Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften: Munich. 1998. Rev. by Peter Morris. Fine Condition. Item #34423

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