Chymistry

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  • Reference
    • GB 247 MS Ferguson 172
  • Dates of Creation
    • 177-
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 4to. 112 folios + 33 blank folios. 23x18.2 cm. Half calf

Scope and Content

Chymistry. Lectures by George Fordyce. c.1770.
A treatise on recognisably modern chemistry rather than alchemy. Transitional work between alchemy and chemistry, deals particularly with acids and alkalis, but uses in places a few alchemical terms such as 'menstruum'.

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