chemistry

Grundlagen der Chemie

This book contains the important discovery first published by the University of St. Petersburg in 1869. In it the author presented his arrangement showing the periodic character of the elements and their atomic weights. Such a table enabled him to predict the discovery of three unknown elements (gallium, scandium, and germanium) by their chemical and physical properties from their expected position in the table.

Sur la Théorie de Franklin

An early supporter of Lavoisier, Marum did important work in chemistry (discovering carbon-monoxide) and developed a new electricity machine with shellac disks passing through a mercury bath. This volume of his is illustrated with text diagrams and an impressive long folding mezzotint plate dramatically depicting an electrical discharge.

British Mineralogy

James Sowerby's British Mineralogy is the first comprehensive illustrated work on mineralogy. Though more than 200 years old, in many ways it has never been superceded. It was issued in parts over 15 years and ultimately contained 550 plates meticulously drawn from actual specimens, engraved and brilliantly colored by Sowerby himself and members of his naturalist/artist family accompanied by descriptive text. It is by common consensus "the supreme work of British topographical mineralogy, [and] the most ambitious colourplate work on minerals ever published" (Conklin).

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