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Abenius, p. V.
Undersokningar inom diazinserien. Upsala, 189 1. 8vo.
ACADEMIA DEL CiMENTO.
* Essays of Natural Experiments made in A. del C. Written in Italian
by the Secretary of that Academy. Englished by Richard Waller. London, printed for Benjamin Alsop at the Angel and Bible in the Poultrey, over-against the Church, 1684. pp. [xxii]-i6o-[x], 8vo. 19 Plates.
AccuM, Frederick (Christian).
Chemical Amusements, a series of curious and instructive experiments in chemistry which are easily performed and unattended by danger. London, 18 17. i2mo.
Third edition, with plates, and enlarged. London, 18 18. i2mo. 111.
Manuel de chimie amusante, ou nouvelles recreations chi- miques, contenantune suite d'experiences d'une execu- tion facile et sans danger, ainsi qu'un grand nombre de faits curieux et instructifs. Traduit de I'anglais de Frederick Accum, Samuel Parkes et Joseph Griffin^ par A. D. Vergnaud. Quatrieme edition, revue, corrigee et considerablement augmentee. Paris, 1835. pp. 331, 32mo, Folding plate.
Chemische Unterhaltungen. Eine Sammlung merkwurdiger . . . Erzeugnisse der Erfahrungschemie. Aus dem englischen. Kopenhagen, 1819, 8vo. 111.
Chemische Belustigung. Nach der dritten englischen Aus- gabe vom Verfasser deutsch bearbeitet. Niirnberg, 1824, 8vo.
Divertimento chimico contenente esperienze curiose. Mi- lano, 1820. 2 vols. Plates.
Accum, F. A., e Pozzi. La chimica dilettevole o serie di sperienze curiose e instruttive di chimica che si esegui- scono con facility e sicurezza. Nuova edizione con tavole in rame. Milano, 1854. 8vo.
* Culinary Chemistry, exhibiting the scientific principles of cookery, with
concise instructions for preparing good and wholesome pickles, vinegar conserves, fruit jellies, marmalades and various other ali- mentary substances employed in domestic economy. With obser- vations on the chemical constitution and nutritive qualities of different kinds of food. With copper plates. London, 182 1. pp. xxiv-356, 1 2 mo.
26o BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHEMISTRY.
AccuM, Frederick (Christian). [Cont'd.]
Description of the Process of manufacturing Coal Gas, etc., with eleva- tions, sections and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the Gas Works in London, London, 1819. 8vo. 111.
Second edition, 1820. 8vo. 7 plates. Manual of a Course of Lectures on Experimental Chemistry and on Mineralogy. With an account of the action of chemical tests. London, 1810. i2mo. Practical (A) Essay on the Analysis of Minerals. London, 1804. 8vo. Practical (A) Essay on Chemical Reagents or Tests. Illustrated by a series of experiments. London, 1816. 8vo. Also Philadelphia, 1817.
Practical Treatise on the use and application of chemical tests, and concise directions for analyzing, illustrated by experiments. Second edition, with plates, enlarged. London, 18 18. i2mo. Ill, Another edition : Improved and brought down to the present state of chemical science by J Maugham. London, 1828. i2mo. Traits pratique sur I'usage et le mode d'application des re- actifs chimiques, traduit par Riffault. Paris, 18 19. Plates. Trattato pratico per I'uso ed applicazione de' reagenti chimici, traduzione fatta sulla seconda edizione Inglese, con aumentazioni di G. Pozzi. Milano, 1819. 2 vols, in I. 111. System (A) of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry. London, 1803. 2 vols, 8vo.
Second edition, London, 1807. Also * Philadelphia, 1808. 2 vols., 8vo. * Treatise (A) on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons. Exhibit- ing the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spirituous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them. London, 1820. pp. xvi-372, i2mo. ^/j-
This early work on adulteration of food attracted much attention when issued. From the representation of a skull and cross bones on the cover, and the legend, " There is death in the pot, 11 Kings, C. 4, v. 40," the book was popularly called " Death in the Pot."
Von der Verfalschung der Nahrungsmittel und von den Kiichengiften, oder von den betrugerischen Verfal-
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