AMBIX. The Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry. Vol. IX, Number 2. June 1961.
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons LTD., 1961. 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: Guyton de Morveau's Course of Chemistry in the Dijon Academy by W.A. Smeaton; William Davidson of Aberdeen by John Read; Notes on the Importance of Alchemy to Modern Science in the Writings of Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle by Muriel West. REVIEW: A Bibliography of the Hon. Robert Boyle by J.F. Fulton. Publications Received: The Two Netherlanders: Humphrey Bradley and Cornelis Drebbel by L.E. Harris; Transactions of the Newcomen Society; Vol XXXI. Slight misprint on front cover, with a few letters from each of the titles not printed. Otherwise Fine condition. Item #34649
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