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Chemistry - Glauber, Johann Rudolph. Libellus ignium: Oder Feur Büchlein, Darinnen von unterschiedlichen Frembden und biß Dato noch gantz unbekandten Feuren gehandelt. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1663. 61 pp. New paperback with old covers. First edition. - Dünnhaupt 1645, 20.1 - Duveen Suppl. 153 - Krivatsy 4794 - Wellcome III, 124 - Ferchl 188 - Poggendorff I, 910 - cf. Ferguson I, 324 (1703). - On chemical processes in the dissolution of metals in acids by the most important representative of applied and technical chemistry in the 17th century. Glauber was influenced by the Paracelsian tradition - not free of alchemical and iatrochemical approaches in his search for a prima materia. But like Boyle, Glauber (1604-1670) was also on the way to a clear "insight into the interplay of chemical substances. In sensibly thought-out, purposefully conducted experiments, he was a pioneer and far ahead of his time." (NDB). - Somewhat browned, without the last white leaf. VAT: *
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Chemistry - Glauber, Johann Rudolph. Libellus ignium: Oder Feur Büchlein, Darinnen von unterschiedlichen Frembden und biß Dato noch gantz unbekandten Feuren gehandelt. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, 1663. 61 pp. New paperback with old covers. First edition. - Dünnhaupt 1645, 20.1 - Duveen Suppl. 153 - Krivatsy 4794 - Wellcome III, 124 - Ferchl 188 - Poggendorff I, 910 - cf. Ferguson I, 324 (1703). - On chemical processes in the dissolution of metals in acids by the most important representative of applied and technical chemistry in the 17th century. Glauber was influenced by the Paracelsian tradition - not free of alchemical and iatrochemical approaches in his search for a prima materia. But like Boyle, Glauber (1604-1670) was also on the way to a clear "insight into the interplay of chemical substances. In sensibly thought-out, purposefully conducted experiments, he was a pioneer and far ahead of his time." (NDB). - Somewhat browned, without the last white leaf. VAT: *
