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Inventing chemistry : Herman Boerhaave and the reform of the chemical arts / John C. Powers.

Author/creator Powers, John C., 1968-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Descriptionviii, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Synthesis
Synthesis. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Medicine as a calling -- Didactic chemistry in Leiden -- The institutes of chemistry -- Chemistry in the medical faculty -- Instruments and the experimental method -- Philosophical chemistry -- From alchemy to chemistry -- Boerhaave's legacy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [233]-253) and index.
LCCN 2011033952
ISBN9780226677606 (cloth)
ISBN0226677605 (cloth)

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Joyner General Stacks QD15 .P69 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold