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* A History of Inventions, Discoveries and Origins. Trans- lated by William Johnston and revised by William Francis and J. W. Griffith. London. 2 vols., 8vo. Bohn's Standard Library ; with engraved portraits of Beckmann and James Watt This learned work treats of many subjects related to chemistry. In vol. i (of Bohn) : refining gold and silver ore by quicksilver ; archil ; secret poison ; sympathetic ink ; colored glass and artificial gems ; verdigris ; alum ; adulteration of wine ; kermes and cochineal ; ultramarine ; . cobalt, zafire, smalt ; aurum fulminans. In vol. II (of Bohn) : chemical names of metals ; zinc ; etching glass ; soap ; madder ; tin ; manganese ; indigo ; Prince Rupert's drops ; steel ; black lead ; sal ammoniac ; Bologna stone ; saltpeter, gunpowder and aquafortis.
Becquerel ; et Edmond Becquerel.
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Appendix to the Authors' Traite de I'electricite et du magnetisme. 3 vols., 8vo.
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Beilstein, F.
Die chemische Grossindustrie auf der Weltaustellung zu Wien im Jahre 1873. Leipzig, 1873. 8vo.
Bell, Jacob.
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